Free speech on campus is under threat – but not from who you think
Rather than safe spaces and no platforming, it is government policies that are the real threat to freedom of expression.
Immigration
The best way to challenge anti-immigration zealots? Devolve migration policy
Regional leadership on migration would result in less of the likes of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, and more of people like Sadiq Khan and Nicola Sturgeon.
This councillor has declared war on the “hostile environment” – and he’s winning
Labour politicians in South London have successfully changed council policy affecting vulnerable migrants in their borough last night. Cllr Jack Buck explains how.
A People’s Vote will fight the racism festering beneath Brexit
In the first of a three-part article series written by For Our Future’s Sake campaigners, Jason Arthur argues that Brexit was fuelled by anti-immigrant sentiment.
Women in Yarl’s Wood barred from speaking to visiting MPs
A surprise visit by the Home Affairs Committee gave many the hope to be listened to by politicians. Instead, they were locked up.
A hostile environment: How the rhetoric of Enoch Powell still looms large fifty years on
The Windrush deportation scandal is just one sign it’s time to banish the shadow of Enoch Powell for good.
May’s immigration minister u-turns on Windrush deportations
After much pressure, Cabinet minister Caroline Nokes admits “terrible mistakes” were made when deporting members of the WIndrush generation.
Why I’m on hunger strike at Yarl’s Wood this #IWD
Over 120 women incarcerated in the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre are on hunger strike over the conditions of their detention. One of them left the following message.
Anna Turley MP: the time’s come for a progressive national ID card
Jeremy Corbyn called for a ‘digital citizen passport’ in his technology-embracing speech in August 2016. What is that, if not an ID card?
Take more refugees, the French president will urge the PM tomorrow. Here’s why we need to
Rather than striving to obstruct them at every opportunity, the government should accept more refugees and invest in their integration.