This is great, but also important is to show diverse Englishness in all walks of life outside sport. One reason ethnic minorities are less likely to identify as English may be that they are so rarely shown as English if there is no ball involved. Sunder Katwala

As a sceptic about English nationalism I have no dog in this fight. But good prompt to remind people about the flaws in the 2022 census ukandeu.ac.uk/census-2021-ar…

This is great, but also important is to show diverse Englishness in all walks of life outside sport. One reason ethnic minorities are less likely to identify as English may be that they are so rarely shown as English if there is no ball involved. Sunder Katwala

Labour’s welcome engagement with England is not just about patriotism. England own policies on education, health, care, transport and any many other issues. Talking about England should, literally, be talking about the nation Labour wants to build. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

Guardian should write 'could alienate some progressive voters' rather than 'could alienate ethnic minorities' when repeating this point in its reporting. Research does suggest white liberal strongly remain voters are now more averse than ethnic minorities theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

NEW: 'To be proudly English means to be proudly ourselves, to hold firm to our convictions, speak our mind & be civil when others speak theirs. Labour is the patriotic party now. We'll celebrate St George’s Day with enthusiasm'

Keir Starmer in The Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/2…

More on that 2021 research from British Future + the Centre for English identity and politics. The conclusion John Denham myself and others have drawn is that it is important to do more to express & normalise that civic Englishness beyond sporting occasions
britishfuture.org/english-identi…

Russia is Europe's most right-wing authoritarian regime, annexing & destroying Europe's poorest country. But NOT ONE SPEAKER, NOT ONE PANEL at this event. This is a festival of narcisistic self congratulation, distracting the European left. Today's NO PASARAN fight is in Ukraine

While political attention is elsewhere, a radical little programme of work has slipped out largely under the radar by Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, with quite big implications for how the centre might shift towards place-based working.

A 🧵 on Partnerships for People & Place… gov.uk/government/pub…

I hope friends and colleagues in The Labour Party will read this by Caroline Lucas. If a radical liberal Green can write about England sympathetically and with insight and progressive values then so, surely, can we.

I hope friends and colleagues in The Labour Party will read this by Caroline Lucas. If a radical liberal Green can write about England sympathetically and with insight and progressive values then so, surely, can we.

Jack Shaw Pursuit of illusion - bigger councils, fewer elected representatives, more officer power, increased direction from Whitehall, greater efficiency, technocracy not identity - will make things better. Beloved of Whitehall, Westminster and a certain type of think tank.

A review of Caroline Lucas' Another England by Sunder Katwala.

I don't know what's surprising about the call for an English parliament.
theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Good to see a strong The Guardian editorial picking up on the democratic renewal aspects of Arianna Giovannini Jonathan Davies now on Mastodon, Threads and BSky! recent report: need to strengthen #localgov powers & funding framework to progress a deeper devolution agenda…
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The events of the next 5 or 10 years will shape the world of our children and grandchildren. The big issues of the 2000s and 2010s already seem an evanescent dream, rapidly being rolled up by hard reality.

Great to have this endorsement of our latest report, 'Power to the People,' from John Denham.

Read the report, published with Unlock Democracy and written by Arianna Giovannini & Jonathan Davies now on Mastodon, Threads and BSky! here:

compassonline.org.uk/publications/p…

this was a very interesting event, well done John Denham and all

Excellent report on English local devolution from Compass and Unlock Democracy by Arianna Giovannini and Jonathan Davies now on Mastodon, Threads and BSky!. Pleased to see endorsement of many recommendations by Society of Labour Lawyers
compassonline.org.uk/publications/p…

With thanks to John Denham for the invitation for an interesting day

Checkout Byline Times . Their Editor Hardeep Matharu grwat speaker University of Southampton today chaired by John Denham