Bittersweet Britain: What unites & what divides us?
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Location: HMS Belfast – the Thames, near City Hall, The Queens Walk, Tooley Street, London SE1 2JH
To celebrate the first birthday of British Future and the launch of our 2013 State of the Nation poll, we hosted Bittersweet Britain: What unites & what divides us? The event took place on the HMS Belfast on the Thames and featured attendees debating what the poll revealed and ask identifying what unites and divides us as a nation.
Chaired by journalist Mary Riddell, panellists included retired army officer Major General Tim Cross CBE, sports writer Mihir Bose, Dr Linda Patterson, clinical vice-president at the Royal College of Physicians, Jessica Walker, a member of the Leadership Programme at UpRising, and Matthew Oakley, head of economics and social policy at Policy Exchange.
Read more about how the event unfolded here.
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12 wise recommendations on how we build a less fractured society. Bravo @britishfuture @BelongNetwork @togethercoalit
Am sure I won't be agreeing with all of this, but the analysis from @britishfuture is always perceptive, interesting and (most importantly) rooted in 21st century reality rather than the 19th.
'PM cannot leave job half done in wake of riots, says social cohesion report' - @MailOnline (via @PA) on our new 'After the riots' report:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-13840603/PM-leave-job-half-wake-riots-says-social-cohesion-report.html
.@MrBrendanCox highlights on @LBCNews the "long-running neglect of our communities" and how the govt needs a long-term plan to increase social connection and cohesion across divides.
.@MrBrendanCox of @togethercoalit will be talking to @martinstanford on @LBCNews at 9.30am about the new 'After the riots' report
.@MrBrendanCox of @togethercoalit will be talking to @martinstanford on @LBCNews at 9.30am about the new 'After the riots' report
“There is a clear need for intentional action on community cohesion to help prevent the violent unrest of this summer happening again. For too long, there has been a vacuum instead of a strategy”, writes @sundersays of @britishfuture
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