Navigating 2022: Navigating volatile politics
Event type: WebinarDate: 03/02/2022
Location: Online
Who will be at No 10 come the local elections in May, and who will be celebrating their results? Could we see the first ethnic minority PM? Could Gove succeed in his brief to level up towns and cities across the UK? And what about Britain’s sense of identity and place in a post-Brexit, post-pandemic world, with the Jubilee and a winter World Cup ahead this year?
As we settle into 2022, join British Future for the return of our Navigating Volatile Politics series, which kicks off this Thursday 3rd February with an online discussion with Ryan Shorthouse, Andrew Harrop and Sunder Katwala, chaired by our own Heather Rolfe. We will try to make sense of it all as we seek to navigate this year and what’s to come from the ever-changing British political landscape.
Chatham House Rules. Invite only.
Speakers:
- Andrew Harrow, General Secretary, Fabians Society
- Ryan Shorthouse, Director Bright Blue
- Sunder Katwala, Director, British Future
- Chaired by Heather Rolfe, British Future.
Date & Time: Thursday 3rd Feb 2022, 1pm – 2.15pm
British Future’s latest activity on Twitter
"It is important to have an open and frank debate about immigration and integration," writes @sundersays on Jim Ratcliffe's 'colonised' comments. "It helps no-one when public voices use inflammatory language." [1/2]
A new British South Asian Bridgers Project is bringing together and supporting the ‘bridging’ voices who are working to build inter-community connection and defuse tensions among the UK’s largest ethnic minority group. [1/5]
Starmer's future remains uncertain – but "it may be a few months yet before we find out who governs Britain for the remaining three years of this parliament," writes
@sundersays for @easterneye
Changes at Number Ten, but Starmer’s future remains uncertain
Most of the Westminster commentariat predict that Starmer will prove to be a caretaker prime minister on borrowed time
www.easterneye.biz
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"It is welcome, if overdue, that the PM has set out a positive vision for cohesion... What needs to follow is a clear plan to turn these words into sustained action," writes our @sundersays [1/2]
"No, the public is not irredeemably ignorant," writes @sarahoconnor_ in the @FT – citing data from our @britishfuture immigration attitudes tracker on misperceptions about immigration [1/2]
Our @sundersays welcomes @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan making "a more confident case for controlled immigration – and the economic and social contribution that it can make," in his @easterneye column [1/2]
How do efforts to build community cohesion respond to today's febrile geopolitical and national context?
This week's @sundersays column for @easterneye
In Britain’s new year of anxiety, cohesion is no longer optional
A stronger, shared vision would help, despite some anxiety about how far national leaders and institutions have the public standing to narrate it
www.easterneye.biz
“It is not ‘censorship’ to insist every website operating in our country does so within the law.” Our @sundersays argues in @easterneye that UK govt should reject Elon Musk’s ‘pick and mix” approach to the law and Make Social Media Lawful Again [1/2]
Spain has reduced small boat crossings by 46% by combining diplomatic deals with source countries, expanded legal routes and enforcement. Could the UK learn from them? @theipaper reports:
This European country cut illegal boat crossings by half - what the UK could learn
Spain's approach to reducing illegal maritime crossings has had impressive results, with numbers down dramatically
inews.co.uk
