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Harry’s Place and Searchlight and their active collusion with racism.

Without doubt history was made as the TUC March fired the first real salvo across the bows of the Coalition Government. With numbers far exceeding expected numbers the clear message to this Government is that if your going to pursue this reckless agenda of dismantling the NHS, cutting thousands of public sector jobs and closing vital services then you will do so in the face of widespread opposition and yesterday is just the start.

Over the weekend Prime Minister David Cameron made a terrible speech at the European security conference held in Munich. His topic was the national hobbyhorse:  Islamic extremism and radicalisation. It was a speech that sought to end the great liberal British tradition of “live and let live”. Official Government policy has fundamentally changed and the emphasis has changed from integration to assimilation.

The Treasury has rather bizarrely responded to the very detailed FOI request by the 1990 Trust seeking information that informed the Treasury’s "equality impact assessment"  by stating that they do have the information requested but claiming they need more time and suggesting that they may not release all of the information requested claiming public interest immunity. Both letters are copied below.

The 1990 Trust has launched a  vitally important digital archive on line today.  Arif Ali is a publishing legend in the UK . He was responsible for the publication of Caribbean , African and Asian Times throughout the 1980's and 1990's . He also founded Hansib book that has gone on to document the African and Asian Diaspora's world wide.