Last year six people died in or shortly after transfer from immigration lock-up. Carlington Spencer, held at Morton Hall, died aged 38. This is his story. Part one.
After openDemocracy revealed how former Brexit minister Steve Baker continued to work with the secretive European Research Group despite being in government, demands for Downing Street to investigate.
Since when is blindly following “the will of the people”, wherever it may lead, the definition of leadership?
How did we get here, and how do we escape? Transforming education would be a start.
Look at the Vote Leave Facebook adverts alongside their more public propaganda, and you see quite how much it promoted racist ideas.
We’re having different conversations about immigration, race and community. They are successful, and fun, and they could change the world.
Under the ministerial code, Baker was supposed to cut his ties with the European Research Group when he joined the government in 2017. But newly released emails show that as Brexit minister, he offered them private briefings on critical government policy.
Underestimating one’s opponent and denying the possibility of the worst is not a sound political strategy.
In the Brexit referendum, UK citizens were pleading through their vote – and non-vote – for a fair shot at the future.
Rashan, a young black Londoner, died under police restraint. A retired Chief Inspector of the Metropolitan Police — and Rashan’s great uncle — examines the visual evidence. Shine A Light Exclusive.
"This story starts with an invitation to appear as witness on “The Morality of Diversity” in the BBC Radio 4 “The Moral Maze” series, presented by Michael Buerk..."
