Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
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Location: River Thames, London
The Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant takes place on Sunday 3 June as part of the official central weekend celebrations for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Pageant is one of the main celebrations being held to mark the 60-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II.
The Jubilee Flotilla will comprise of a myriad of vessels from steam boats to tall ships, from cruisers to kayaks and from Dunkirk little ships to Dragon boats. 
Travelling down the River Thames, the Diamond Jubilee Pageant will begin in Putney in the South West London Borough of Wandsworth and culminate at Tower Bridge.
Music will play an important part of the Pageant. New compositions and songs will be played on special ‘musical barges’. The Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has written the words for a new song to be accompanied by music composed by Orlando Gough.
As part of the planned activities for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, a festival will be held in Battersea Park, where members of the public will be able to watch the Jubilee Flotilla as it passes by the park’s northern Thameside.
British Future’s latest activity on Twitter
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As Conservatives head to the party's annual conference, @sundersays examines new findings on public attitudes showing the challenge for the party and its new leader to win back public trust on immigration.
https://www.britishfuture.org/can-the-next-tory-leader-tackle-the-partys-trust-deficit-on-immigration/
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'EU hints at compromise on youth mobility deal' - @BBCNews
EU hints at compromise on youth mobility deal
Keir Starmer is meeting European Commission president in Brussels for the first time as PM next week.
www.bbc.co.uk
Our @sundersays speaks to @bonsuman on @TimesRadio tonight 11.30pm about today’s #Windrush report, the riots and race in Britain
The report is now up on the government website ("but does not represent government policy and the views included in it are those of the author")
"The Home Office has been forced to release a suppressed report on the origins of the Windrush scandal by a tribunal judge who quoted George Orwell in a judgment criticising the department’s lack of transparency" - @guardian (report out today)
“The long-awaited publication of a report into the roots of the Windrush scandal is key to reinforcing transparency around government, a campaigner has said” - @itvnews report citing @ppvernon
Keir Starmer's conference speech drew a line between the toxic racism of rioters and the "legitimate concerns" that some people hold about immigration. Sunder Katwala examines the difference between 'legitimate concerns' – and those with no legitimacy.
https://www.britishfuture.org/understanding-legitimate-concerns-and-how-to-differentiate-them-from-those-with-no-legitimacy/
A reminder of our joint paper ‘After the riots’, setting out how govt should respond and help build more resilient communities:
We’ll be discussing further ar a conference on 20 Nov with @BelongNetwork @togethercoalit
‘After the Riots - How do we respond to the causes of racism, disorder and violence in our communities?’ - our #LabourConference2024 fringe with @togethercoalit @BelongNetwork - @matthyde of @LBFEW introduces the panel
“This didn’t come out of nowhere. It came after years of vitriol towards minority communities in the uk.” Says @MrBrendanCox - We need different narratives, he says, telling the everyday stories of communities who live together and work together
.@MrBrendanCox “What tends to happen after riots is that the political response is law and order - a brilliant place to start, a terrible place to stop. Unless this gets consistent political attention, we’re going to get nowhere.”
.@mcintosh_kim says creating more social contact between people from different backgrounds is important, but it has to be intentional and properly resourced, so people have sustained, positive contact.
.@MrBrendanCox “What tends to happen after riots is that the political response is law and order - a brilliant place to start, a terrible place to stop. Unless this gets consistent political attention, we’re going to get nowhere.”
