I was surprised by the conduct of Cllr Shirley Brown who called a fellow Asian Conservative councillor a “coconut” at a heated Bristol City Council debate in 2009; but even more bemused at her conviction for racial harassment. The Lib Dem councillor, who has given years of service championing the cause for equality and diversity [...]

Barely a week after figures reveal that black people are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people, the Met Police release figures suggesting that black communities commit more crimes. It is clear that the Met Police have an agenda that involves the criminalisation of black and minority ethnic communities. In [...]

The £10.5bn worth of public sector cuts announced this week has undoubtedly left many individuals and organisations with a bitter taste in their mouth. But no group has been more badly let down and betrayed by the new government than our young people. The most recent figures released by the Department for Children Schools and [...]

I didn’t vote Conservative at the General Election and my political views are more aligned to Lib-Dem/Labour; but Prime Minister David Cameron has just risen in my estimation by refusing to engage in slurs against President Obama over his criticism of BP.

It does not surprise me to learn that according to a new study, people who are paid to lose weight lose more than those on traditional diets. I’m sure that cash incentives can persuade people to do just about anything. But yesterday, as Prime Minister David Cameron spelt out the scale of Britain’s debt – [...]

The pictures of emaciated rapper 50 cent, who has recently lost 54 pounds, are pitiful. He looks ill and gaunt and reminds me why size zero men are a real turn-off. Okay, so he lost the weight for his latest film, Things Fall Apart, and okay it’s a story about a football player who develops [...]