This last week has shown how difficult it is to have a nuanced discussion on race issues in the UK, especially when you belong to an ethnic minority, WRITES KEMI BADENOCH. The Commission for Race and Ethnic Disparities was set up last year following the emotional outpouring of Black Lives Matter and evidence that Covid-19 … Read more
Madonna’s screenwriter Diablo Cody DID NOT quit biopic despite report she ‘left after encountering difficulties working with the singer’ By Justin Enriquez and Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 06:25 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 06:25 BST, 3 April 2021 It was reported earlier this week that screenwriter Diablo Cody quit working on the upcoming … Read more
Authors of the race report hit back at ‘irresponsible and dangerous’ abuse after Labour MP Clive Lewis tweeted a picture of the Ku Klux Klan with the caption: ”Move along. Nothing to see here’ The authors of a report into racism in Britain said they welcomed ‘robust debate’ But in a joint statement released last … Read more
Professor Matthew Goodwin Should you want to succeed in modern Britain, don’t be a poor white boy. That is what you might conclude after reading the controversial new report on race in Britain. It is not a fashionable thing to say in a society that has lost interest in the white working class, but it … Read more
Meet the pup with Spring in his step! Moment dog became star of TV weather report in Moscow by grabbing journalist’s microphone and making a run for it Video captures moment a Labrador Retriever leaps up and grabs a weather reporter’s microphone from her grasp during live TV weather report Reporter Nadezhda Serezhkina can be seen … Read more
The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,429 miles along the coast of Australia and although massive, new data shows up to 99 percent of it could disappear due to climate change. The Australian Academy of Science revealed that if 2.7F (1.5C) degrees of warming continues, the world’s largest coral reef system will eventually perish. The … Read more
Stephen Lawrence’s mother has said a race report released yesterday gives ‘racists the green light’. Baroness Doreen Lawrence said the authors of the report are ‘not in touch with reality’. Her comments come after the report said geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion all affect life chances more than racism. Prime Minister Boris … Read more
MARKET REPORT: Rolls-Royce fires up after figures show heavy industry grew faster in March than in any month for more than a decade By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 1 April 2021 Upbeat manufacturing data and hopes of a return to foreign travel provided … Read more
A Cambridge academic has been slammed for questioning whether the chairman of a race report has a doctorate, before saying: ‘Even Dr Goebbels had a research PhD.’ Dr Priyamvada Gopal, 53, asked whether she was right to think Dr Tony Sewell – who oversaw the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities – was ‘not in fact Dr’. … Read more
‘Institutional racism is overused, UK is a beacon on diversity and many ethnic minority pupils out-perform white children in the classroom’: Your guide to the race report’s key findings Report concluded not all disadvantages should be viewed as racism Issues include family influence, geography and socio-economic background Found no conclusive evidence that the UK as … Read more