PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Last night a charity that works with the victims of homophobic and transphobic bullying was honoured with a parliamentary reception.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Nicholas Milton: Trevor Phillips' comments about a British Obama being impossible will help Labour select more diverse politicians
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Why should Trevor Phillips have cause for distress over Barack Obama's election? After all, they have much in common: they're both groundbreaking politicians with a taste for contrarian attitudes who made news last week. We all know about President-elect Obama (just typing it is still a novelty), but in the excitement you may have missed what the chairman of the Equality and Human Rights...
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Just between you and me ... that Trevor Phillips is a self-publicizing chump. Phillips didn't even believe in the Quango he heads, being lumped in with other civil rights issues, how uncomfortably unifying; resisted its location out of his London comfort zone; and repeatedly makes stupid and stupider pronouncements. He should resign from his post, offer himself for selection,...
politicalbetting.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
How long until a BME PM? Trevor Phillips, former Chairman of the Comission for Racial Equality, now a Labour member of the GLA and head of the equality watchdog, claimed yesterday in a Radio 4 interview that “institutional racism” would prevent a black or Asian politician from reaching Number 10. He was particularly damning of [...]
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
In March, Trevor Phillips wrote an extremely critical piece on Barack Obama. In response to questions about why Britain couldn't have an Obama, he gave a multi-faceted reply. Firstly, he pointed out that the UK and US have very different demographics with the black population in America making up a bigger proportion of the population. More importantly, Phillips argued that, 'Black...
Labourhome (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
"Institutional racism" would make it impossible for Barack Obama to become prime minister in the UK according to Trevor Phillips.
Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Other bloggers, e.g. Phil T , have already covered the ridiculous article on the front of yesterday's Times * My first thought was this: if Obama Bin Laden were over here, would he be that bothered? Why would he want to be PM on a salary of £189,944 with all the hassle involved, when he could choose an easy life as head of the Equality & Human Rights Commission on a basic package of £110,000 , together...
NeueArbeit Macht Frei (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Hot on the heels of my suggestion, below, that Hazel is softening up the electorate for a Quota system in Parliament, race ricebowler-in-chief Trevor "Phillips has yet again stepped up to the mike to evacuate the contents of his highly polished bonce on the issue so dear to his mortgage payments heart. He states that a British Barak Obama is unlikely. Well, a British Libertarian is unlikely...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
Trevor Phillips’s youngest sister rang him in tears from America at 6.15am on Tuesday, saying: “I just voted. I just voted.” Ten hours later, his elder sister telephoned after she had cast her ballot for Barack Obama as well. “I had to tell her to stop crying too,” he said. It is clear that the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, who went to school in Guyana and whose wife...
Mabinogogiblog (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
The Editor The Guardian Trevor Phillips has a point, but he should bear in mind also that in the UK a white male Anglo-Saxon Protestant who has been to Eton has no chance of becoming Prime Minister if he happens to believe that economics should be based on ecology rather than market forces. Yours
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
BARACK Obama Watch: living with post-racial politics. SKY NEWS: “If Barack Obama had lived here I would be very surprised if even somebody as brilliant as him would have been able to break through the institutional stranglehold that there is on power within the Labour Party,” Trevor Phillips told The Times.” Trevor Phillips clings on to the [...]
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
Institutionalised racism in the Labour party blamed
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/08/2008
Head of equality watchdog says ethnic minority candidates in the UK would be prevented from reaching the highest level
