Operation Black Vote

(Left to right): Helen Grant, Shaun Bailey, Alok Sharma, Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, Priti Patel, Rehman Chishti and Adeela Shafi.

When a councillor fired off an unprovoked rude email to an Operation Black Vote staff member, the campaign organisation simply asked for an apology. Over a year later, not only has no apology been forthcoming, ...

There’s still a few months to go before the general election – and possibly some last-minute retiring MPs yet to declare. Yet taking stock of Labour’s BME candidates at the end of 2009 it is clear the party are on course to welcome as many as nine new MPs of colour.

In a brilliantly-written piece, the Guardian’s writer Hugh Muir exposes those that never tire of attacking ‘political correctness.’

The local lollipop man, Ted, who ushers hundreds of children and their parents across the road every school day morning and afternoon, to me, optimizes the Christmas spirit of goodwill to all men and women.

The local lollipop man, Ted, who ushers hundreds of children and their parents across the road every school day morning and afternoon, to me, optimizes the Christmas spirit of goodwill to all men and women.

I love this story for so many reasons, not least becuase in the 1930’s, America was still a pretty wretched place to live for most African Americans.

1. Web wonder Shafi takes on Twitter Czar (Tory candidate Adeela Shafi takes on government’s internet star Kerry McCarthy at her own game)

Conservative chairman Eric Pickles has expressed delight that Norsheen Bhatti has been selected as a general election candidate.

It’s shaping up to be Britain’s best online battle as two of the best web-savvy politicians go head-to-head in an Obama-style online campaign.

Breaking news that two officers have been arrested for allegedly failing to pass on information relating to the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence comes three years after the BBC made serious accusations of police corruption.

Is Pakistan the new Jamaica? Well, when it comes to the attitudes of British immigration officials turning away legitimate families from entering the UK, the answer appears to be “yes.”