At a time of such polarisation, how can we make constructive progress on inclusion in the workplace? Join us at #LabourConference Monday 29 Sept 6pm to discuss with: Anneliese Dodds MP, Uma Kumaran MP, Hayley Bennett, Anna Purchas of @kpmguk.bsky.social and @heather-rolfe.bsky.social (Chair)

"Black and Asian people have increasingly equal opportunities to reach the top, but a viscerally and unacceptably unequal experience of public space" - @sundersays.bsky.social asks in @easterneye.bsky.social: 'Why are we going backwards on racism in Britain?' www.easterneye.biz/racism-in-uk...

We’re at #LDConf discussing 'How can liberals win the argument on immigration?' With @lisasmartmp.bsky.social @markpackuk.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social + US migration expert Frank Sharry.

If you’re at @libdems.org.uk conference tonight, come to 'How can liberals win the argument on immigration?' (Marriott, Monday 7.45pm) With @lisasmartmp.bsky.social @markpackuk.bsky.social @sundersays.bsky.social + US migration expert Frank Sharry. www.britishfuture.org/event/britis... #LDConf

I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

“Threatening to revoke the settled status of millions who already have indefinite leave is morally wrong, beyond the legal chaos it would cause — it undermines the very idea of belonging in this country." @sundersays.bsky.social on new Reform UK proposals www.britishfuture.org/reform-attac...

British Future Director @sundersays.bsky.social is speaking alongside Lisa Smart MP and Tim Farron MP today (Mon 22nd) 13:00 at the Safe Routes Coalition event ‘Safe routes at risk: defending compassion for refugees’. Bournemouth International Centre, Meyrick Suite.

Have Reform been asked if forcing all foreign nationals with settled status to apply for a new temporary status really does mean renewing on & tearing up the UK/EU citizens agreements after Brexit? I would exoect/hope they would quickly exempt EU settled status from this

Frank Sharry, co-author of this report & former immigration advisor to Kamala Harris, is speaking to Times Radio’s Alexis Conran at 1.40 today on ‘How we can actually stop the boats’ - but keep protecting refugees.

Frank Sharry makes the case for control + compassion as a way to stop the boats & uphold refugee protection, in a discusssion on the PM programme with Evan Davis, alongside Rakib Ehsan (discussion at 32 minutes into the programme) www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The PM has written for the Sun on Sunday about the power of flags to unite - citing Euro 96 - and challenging the promotion of racism and violence by the far right News report from Sun. I don't yet see a link online to the column. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3678608...

Report co-author Frank Sharry, leading US immigration strategist, will be on BBC R4 PM Programme at 5.30 today talking about the 'How we can actually stop the boats' report

Are you going to @libdems.org.uk conference? Come to 'How can liberals win the argument on immigration?' (Marriott, Monday 7.45pm) With @lisasmartmp.bsky.social @markpackuk.bsky.social pack @sundersays.bsky.social + US migration expert Frank Sharry. www.britishfuture.org/event/britis...

"Most people would prefer an orderly, controlled and humane [asylum] system to the populist threat of tearing everything up. The government’s job is to show that combining control and compassion can work." @sundersays.bsky.social @easterneye.bsky.social www.easterneye.biz/small-boats-...

How to stop the boats with control *and* compassion - new report by @britishfuture.bsky.social "Swift returns of asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation and controlled and capped legal routes offering refugee protection to those who qualify." www.britishfuture.org/bold-control...

Published today, a new @BritishFuture report ‘How we can actually stop the boats: Bringing control and compassion back to the UK asylum system’ [Thread] www.britishfuture.org/bold-control...

Out tomorrow: 'How we can actually stop the boats: Bringing control and compassion back to the UK asylum system' A new @BritishFuture report setting out how the UK could significantly reduce dangerous Channel crossings.

This is outstanding. And, while research doesn’t get much of a hearing these days on identity issues, everything in it is consistent with piles of research. Anti-racism norms don’t drop from the sky. They are built and buttressed by elites drawing red lines. They can be eroded when elites don’t.

If you're at Lib Dem conference next week, come to our event 'How can liberals win the argument on immigration?' on Monday evening 7.45pm at the Marriott. With @lisasmartmp.bsky.social‬ @markpackuk.bsky.social‬ @sundersays.bsky.social‬ & Frank Sharry. www.britishfuture.org/event/britis... #LDconf

Look out Thurs 18th for new @britishfuture.bsky.social report: 'How we can actually stop the boats: Bringing control and compassion to the UK asylum system' By @sundersays.bsky.social and Frank Sharry

Our @sundersays.bsky.social is on BBC Radio 4 World at One at 1.10 talking about the weekend's 'Unite the Kingdom' march

If you live in the London Borough of #Newham, please take this short survey for the Independent Commission on Inclusion and Belonging in Multi-Ethnic Newham. We're examining how residents in one of the most diverse places in the UK can live well together. www.britishfuture.org/independent-...

Approval of Tommy Robinson tends to be 1/10 people who have heard of him, with half of the population critical. Reform voters a third for & against. Conservatives 6-1 against His reputation has been pretty stable with mild fluctuations when this has been asked across for the last fifteen years.

The common sense meaning should make this Elon Musk's "rivers of blood" moment Though I think he goes further than Enoch Powell in a couple of important ways

Can Shabana Mahmood save Keir Starmer? My Eastern Eye column on how the reshuffle suggests Starmer has changed his theory of government, and how very different reactions to the new Home Secretary capture some of the paradoxes of multiethnic Britain today www.easterneye.biz/shabana-mahm...

Eastern Eye: ‘South Asian WW2 veterans honoured at London commemoration’ www.easterneye.biz/south-asian-...

At Policy Live, where Joe Owen is interviewing Frank Sharry, my US colleague, an adviser to Biden & Harris, on politics of failure of Democrats vs Trump + some untold policy lessons of how to get control & compassion right. Frank and I are publishing a @britishfuture.bsky.social report next week

The fighting force that won the war against the Nazis looked more like today’s multi-ethnic Britain than that of 1945, says @sundersays.bsky.social as we launch the ‘My family legacy’ campaign to help raise awareness of south Asian service in the world wars Www.myfamilylegacy.org.uk

Today sees the launch of My Family Legacy (www.myfamilylegacy.org.uk) a new campaign to raise awareness of South Asian service in the world wars and preserve the stories of those who fought for Britain. [Thread]

At the Social Mobility Commission’s symposium event today, hosting an event discussing ‘Social Mobility: The integration challenge’ with @alunfrancis.bsky.social; Helen Mountfield, principal of Mansfield College, Oxford; Rokhsana Fiaz, Mayor of Newham; & our own @sundersays.bsky.social

At the first of a series of ‘Impact Forum’ events on immigration policy with Vialto. This one is about proposed changes to citizenship and settlement policy: “Earned Settlement — What Do We Know So Far, and How Can We Respond?”

Djed Spence hopes to inspire others as England’s first Muslim player www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Spoke to CNN about our national flags & why ethnic minorities can certainly identify with them too edition.cnn.com/2025/08/29/u...

Government to tighten family reunion rules for people seeking asylum - BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...

I endorse this message. Well said @markfergusonmp.bsky.social on why the fabric of the flag should be something to unite, not divide

We have a packed series of events in September, including @britishfuture.bsky.social sharing the findings from their recent report 'The State of Us: Community Strength and Cohesion in the UK'. Make sure you book ahead of time! www.librariesconnected.org.uk/events/webin...

What's going on with all the England flags going up across the country? Annabelle Dickson of @politico.com talks to our @sundersays.bsky.social and others to find out www.politico.eu/article/oper...

I contributed to this Guardian analysis by Kiran Stacey Farage speaks for one quarter of the public with no sympathy at all for asylum seekers or refugees. But Starmer will only hold the Labour coalition together if he can speak to both control and compassion. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

As we mark #VJDay80, in which millions of soldiers from pre-partition India, Africa and the Caribbean served, it's worth noting that only 55% of the UK public know that Indian soldiers fought for Britain in the World Wars. Just 24% are aware that soldiers from Kenya or Jamaica served. [1/4]

In Staffordshire for VJ Day today

New column marking #VJDay 80th anniversary from @sundersays.bsky.social for @easterneye.bsky.social

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of #VJDay tomorrow, @sundersays.bsky.social writes for @easterneye.bsky.social on the importance of commemorating the multi-ethnic, multi-faith armies that won the war. www.easterneye.biz/vj-day-india...

www.britishfuture.org/about-us/jobs/ Don’t miss the chance to do groundbreaking new research on race equity for @nuffieldfoundation.org! Applications close this Friday…

As small boat crossings are set to hit 50,000 since Labour came to power, our @sundersays.bsky.social is talking to BBC Radio 4's World at One at 1.15 about six years of policy failure and what can be done www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

One year on from the racially targeted violence in the summer of 2024, a major new report argues that the UK remains vulnerable to further unrest. But this is an issue that everyone, everywhere can help address. Find out how Quakers are working on peacebuilding and bringing communities together:

British Future is hosting events at Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat party conferences this autumn. Full details, including speakers dates and venues: www.britishfuture.org/event/britis...

We're delighted to receive funding from @nuffieldfoundation.org for new research to identify priorities for change on race equity based on the experiences, expectations & concerns of all citizens, with a particular emphasis on ethnic minority respondents & young people across all ethnic groups.

This weekend, communities across the UK are coming together for the @RefugeesTogether #WelcomeWeekend, sending a message that Britain chooses welcome over division. 🧡 togetherwithrefugees.org.uk/welcome-week...

What about the 'legitimate concerns' of ethnic minority Britons - about racism? - asks @sundersays.bsky.social in his @easterneye.bsky.social column www.easterneye.biz/british-ethn...

Thursday (7th August) is the anniversary of the counter-protests that ended six days of rioting An online call for the targeting of 40 migrant centres and law firms spread fear but brought thousands of people out in solidarity The pogrom call was a violent fantasy but the fear it spresd was real