Ganesh Sathyamoorthy

Black and white photo of young people in a protest crowd in West Bromwich, 1979 Young black man in the centre with a short afro with bleach streaks is holding a large sign on a long stick which reads "NO TO NAZIS IN WEST BROMWICH 28 APRIL 4PM HARDWARE ST MASS PICKET OF NF" (National Front) Young white man with close cropped hair has his arm protectively around the sign holder and a defiant grimace on his face Anti-Nazi Demo, West Bromwich, 1979. Photo © Virginia Turbett, all rights reserved https://britishculturearchive.co.uk/virginia-turbett-uk-protests-1970s/

British Culture: Anti-Nazi Demo, West Bromwich, 1979.

Photo © Virginia Turbett

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YouTube video by The James Kennedy Podcast #65 - Zack Polanski - The Green Party for a better future

Zack Polanski is absolutely crushing it right now & he's a voice we've needed on the Left for so long! Here's a #ThrowbackThursday to my chat with him last year before it all went mental. As you'll hear, he had as much fire then as he does now. Up the Greens! ✊️
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Dear Mr Greenberg, Following advice from the Deputy Speaker, we are writing regarding comments made by the Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby, Sarah Pochin, which we believe constitute a breach of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament. On Saturday 25 October 2025, during a TalkTV phone-in, Sarah Pochin MP stated: “It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people.” Although Ms Pochin later issued a statement describing her comments as “poorly phrased”, she repeated her belief that the advertising industry had gone “DEI mad” and that adverts were “unrepresentative of British society as a whole.” We believe these remarks are racist. They single out Black and Asian people and frame their visibility as a problem. Members of Parliament are required to uphold the highest standards of integrity, accountability, and respect as set out in the Nolan Principles of Public Life. It is our collective view that Ms Pochin’s remarks undermine the Nolan Principles of Objectivity and Honesty, as her claim that the representation of Black and Asian people in advertising suggests that whiteness is the normative identity, while minoritised communities are outsiders or exceptions. However, Black and Asian people have lived, worked and contributed to Britain for centuries and almost 20% of the UK population are Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnicity.

Ms Pochin also fails to demonstrate Leadership, Integrity, and Selflessness by promoting division based on skin colour. This rhetoric risks emboldening those who view diversity as a threat, normalising racial exclusion and hatred. The Nolan Principles require Members to uphold the integrity and reputation of the House, act with respect, and avoid conduct that discriminates against others. Ms Pochin’s comments clearly fall short of these standards. We ask you to formally investigate whether the Member of Parliament for Runcorn and Helsby’s remarks constitute a breach of the Code of Conduct and assess her conduct against the Nolan Principles of Public Life. Public office is a privilege that carries moral responsibility, and the public expects Members of Parliament to lead by example. Statements that single out or diminish entire groups of people based on race have no place in public life. We therefore urge you to take this matter seriously and ensure that the standards of this House reflect an inclusive, respectful, and diverse Britain. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Due to the public interest in this subject, we will publish this letter. Yours sincerely, Dawn Butler MP Member of Parliament for Brent East

I've written to the Standards Commissioner alongside many MPs, regarding the racist comments made by the MP for Runcorn and Helsby.

We are calling for a formal investigation as to whether the MPs' Code of Conduct was breached.

Our joint cross-party letter.👇🏾

Thank you to my @libdems.org.uk colleagues, and many Labour MPs for standing up to Farage and Tory calls to leave the ECHR and join Russia on the outside.

We’ve seen a Reform politician convicted of taking bribes from Russia, but patriotic MPs today said no to their plan!

Ganesh Sathyamoorthy delivering the second talk on effectively engaging with our diverse communities

Ganesh Sathyamoorthy delivering the second talk on effectively engaging with our diverse communities

A big thank you to our speakers, Dr Natasha Curran, Rashmi Kumar, Dr Jane Stafford & @gjsathyamoorthy.bsky.social, for your warm welcome and valuable insights into involving people in health and care research and engaging London’s diverse communities. #AIRD25

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Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I have a very bad feeling about this...

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The Conservative immigration proposals cannot be allowed to stand without a profound and widespread statement of moral condemnation inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...

yet another notch in the ever lengthening column in support of "friction is essential to a multipolar society"

make people want to come outside and want to talk to people and want to establish *real* tangible roots and pride in their communities

YouTube video by PublicEnemyVEVO Public Enemy - Don't Believe The Hype (Official Music Video)

#80sTop30
#MusicChallenge

8. Public Enemy - Don‘t Believe The Hype

Reposting because I wrote "hip hip" instead of "hip hop" the first time. 😬 I do have reading glasses, I just need to use them more often. Anyway, landmark hip hop track.

Maccabi Tel Aviv hooligans: lies, smears - and the truth Tel Aviv's police ban the city's derby after Maccabi hooligans rioted. You cannot make this sh*t up.

Those backing the ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans visiting Birmingham were smeared as antisemites.

Then Tel Aviv police banned the city's derby after riots.

This whole saga is defined by lies and smears.

Here's the truth 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/maccabi-te...

The silence of the Westminster lobby as one of their own backs calls for me — an elected Member of Parliament — to be deported is telling.

No condemnation, just bootlicking of their proprietors and jostling for Zone 2 dinner party invites.

Our media class is rotten to the core.

Solidarity, Zarah.

A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.

Delighted to support Show Racism the Red Card’s Wear Read Day to celebrate our vibrant, diverse country.

Tomorrow I’ll watch Sunderland, a multicultural team rooted in a community loving players from around the world

Tweet from BBC News (UK) ~ @BBCNews • 33m: Government 'doing everything' to overturn Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban bbc.in/406gWUn

If only this Labour government was “doing everything” to end child poverty — instead of bending over backwards for racist football hooligans and the genocidal apartheid state of Israel it sells arms to.

Wearing red at the BBC today in support of #WearRedDay with Show Racism the Red Card.

Unlike the TARDIS, we must not go backwards. It’s time to exterminate racism, on our streets, in our workplaces and across our institutions.

British.

Voters' voices are being shut out of British politics. Your Party has a radical plan to change that | Jeremy Corbyn At our conference in November we will use a jury service-type model to allow members to discuss and decide policy, strategy and even the name of our party, says Your Party co-leader Jeremy Corbyn

People are being shut out of politics.

Your Party has a radical plan to change that: by forging a mass, democratic party from the ground up.

Read my piece for @theguardian.com here: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great opening ceremony @isqua.org

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The Maharaja’s Bodyguard A time travel and dual timeline young adult novel. A boy, whose father mysteriously disappeared, suffers bullying at home in 1960s Britain. He is transported...

THE MAHARAJA’S BODYGUARD
Delighted to announce my novel is released 28th October - for pre-orders see troubador.co.uk/bookshop/you...

more at www.kambhui.com

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At @isqua.org 2025 Sau Paulo, Helen Crisp with a great slide which demonstartes the problem that many quality improves face. Why are we all to busy to receive help that might help our challenges

At @isqua.org 2025 Sau Paulo, Helen Crisp with a great slide which demonstartes the problem that many quality improves face. Why are we all to busy to receive help that might help our challenges

Government could crack down on pro-Palestinian protest chants, PM says The government needs to

You can lock up as many people as you want for chanting or protesting against genocide.

You will never scrub away the truth about that genocide - or your own complicity in it.

You are just ensuring that you will be damned all the more for what you have done.

This well worth a read, we all need to take a long hard look at ourselves

This is a party with virtually the same number of MPs as Reform (4 v. 5).

The way the BBC is treating Reform, compared to the Lib Dems and the Greens, is a dereliction of their duty as a public broadcaster.