The results of May’s local elections proved a marginal victory for the Labour Party in Leicester. Although they lost 22 seats, and the Conservatives gained 17, the party Sir Keir Starmer still holds an overall of 31 councillors to Rishi Sunak’s 17. However, behind the numbers, a potentially...
As the Government struggles to define, investigate and tackle radicalisation, extremism and terrorism, it continues to practise disengagement with grassroot organisations such as the Muslim Council of Britain, yet continues to pursue flawed strategies that marginalise minority communities, and to...
Recently the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance issued a dire warning against the UK Government on the impact of its overtly hostile immigration policy on civil rights and human rights. In light of the strong criticism,...
Over recent decades, the political and media landscape has witnessed a powerful and growing interest in developing simple explanations for infinitely complex and multi-layered problems. Such oversimplifications include the declared link between Islam and terrorism, or the apparent incompatibility...
