Passionate, powerful and incredibly moving perspectives on race, politics, law and history in this country from Imran Khan KC, Jacqueline Mackenzie and Dr Madeleine Haddon #BlackHistoryMonth

A privilege to hear Imran Khan KC and Jacqueline Mackenzie lawyers who have fearlessly shouldered the burdens of their communities in lifetimes of service #BlackHistoryMonth Old Square Chambers

Jacqueline Mackenzie Leigh Day telling how when the Windrush ship arrived (in 1948) 11 MPs wrote to Attlee demanding that they not be allowed to land. And how the PM had the boat heldwhilst he considers sending them back to work on peanut plantations. #BlackHistoryMonth

Trust me to have been locked away for 4 hours for an accreditation exam this afternoon.

For the first time in the history of the UK, none of the top four offices of state are held by a White man, also lasted less time than the lettuce y'all busy speculating about.

Only 90 of 13,000 partners at England and Wales law firms are Black – report theguardian.com/law/2022/oct/1…

Anyone convinced?

If Suella Braverman is unwell that's not good news as we wait to hear whether she was pushed or jumped. What is good though is that she's gone. In a very short time, we saw that she'd bring to the Home Secretary role, the very chaos she accused so many others of, just yesterday.

Visit visas for #CARICOM nationals were introduced for just Guyana & Jamaica, using dubious data re overstayers & yardies. UK govt today ended the rqmt re Guyana, just as they're set to become the richest country in the world, per cap, due to oil finds. 🙂
apnews.com/article/travel…

Comedy Gold but who can find anything to laugh about in these devastating times. The burden of being in a government that's destroyed so much so quickly, & put lives in peril & shattered hopes, must be playing on the mind to cause this sort of foolishness for the world to see.

Today we've published our report on the UK-Rwanda Memorandum of Understanding

The UK Gov should not have made the agreement to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda as a mere political agreement without parliamentary scrutiny or legally enforceable safeguards
committees.parliament.uk/work/6766/ukrw…

Book your (free) tickets now for the Windrush International conference at the Eastside Rooms Birmingham on Friday 28th October commencing 10am - 4pm at eventbrite eventbrite.co.uk/e/windrush-int… Glenda Caesar Jacqui Burnett Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie Patrick Vernon Nads White. Birmingham Race Impact Group

More on Baroness Casey's report. She found 500+ officers faced 3-5 separate misconduct charges; 55-60% of misconduct cases were dropped; Black officers/staff were 81% more likely than white officers to face misconduct allegations: Asians 55% more likely

Wow Morning all; am up & ready 2 emails both #windrush after waiting nearly 2yrs offered only £10k Level 1 WindrushJusticeClinic The Dickson Poon School of Law AnnaSteiner We need to get this back up again in media. Where r the funds that was allocated Home Office to #windrush ?