As The Labour Party proudly launches its manifesto, this picture shows how overwhelmingly white Keir Starmer's 28-strong team is: just 2 people of colour. Which surely helps explain why he treats Diane Abbott and Faiza Shaheen so appallingly. theguardian.com/politics/live/…

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Powerful piece by Joseph Harker, praised by Matt Goodwin in 2012. Now he's attacking the very thing he previously praised theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Thrilled that the key role of enslaved people in Manchester's development is to be told in a major museum exhibition in the city Science and Industry Museum The Guardian #slavery #cotton theguardian.com/world/2025/jan…

Is Mark Zuckerberg really ditching DEI? He’s just made his biggest affirmation-action move yet. My The Guardian piece theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This gang preyed on teenage girls and subjected them to horrific sexual abuse. I wonder what Elon Musk, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch believe this tells us about Christian values theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

Israel kills 400 people in Gaza yet, apart from the FT and the The Guardian (which the BBC News (UK) mysteriously chooses not to feature) the news doesn't make a single UK newspaper front page. 1/3 the death toll of Oct 7, yet it's as if March 18 never happened. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

An "Island of Strangers"? Beautiful poem by Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 which Keir Starmer should read. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Lionesses, why do what the racists would want? My piece on taking the knee #England #Euro2025 #wiegman #englandwomen theguardian.com/commentisfree/…