27 BME MPs now- but is that enough?
It’s been a mixed night for BME candidates-ones that were widely tipped to win: Shaun Bailey and Willfred Emmanuel Jones, didn’t make it in the end.
But we did see Priti Patel and Rushanara Ali make it in.
Biggest BME dissapointment of the night must be Dawn Butler in Brent Central. But on the other hand, there’s now [...]
who wants a black barbie?
News that a Walmart store in the US had halved the price of a black Barbie doll while retaining the regular full price on an identical white Barbie was greeted with some outrage.
The store management explained that the decision was taken to reduce the price in order to clear the stock for a new line of [...]
Two man rat…
Congratulations are in order for Simon Woolley of Operation Black Vote who has been appointed a Commissioner at the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights.
Woolley’s a great guy and passionate about what he does.
His appointment is a bit of a surprise though, given that he’s often been critical of the current head of the CEHR, Trevor [...]