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I don’t always agree with Trevor Phillips, but his comments today in regards to Oliver Letwin’s deplorable comments 30 years ago were spot on when he said as sickening as Letwin’s comments were, if we want redemption he should push his boss, the Prime Minister to deliver on his 20-20 vision on tackling persistent race inequality.

Jenny Bourne, long time anti-racist campaigner and editor of the IRR’s journal Race & Class, writes about the 1965 Race Relations Act and assesses the fifty years since it was passed. Although, this was orginally written for the IRR's journal, it also formed part of the Runnymede series that looked at various race equality aspects and events around the 1965  Act and onwards.

How should we be evaluating the impact of the race relations acts, the first of which became law fifty years ago?

I never saw this story back in Sept, but it resurfaced after the same MP Jess Phillips boastfully remarked about ‘stabbing’ the Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn in the front, ‘if he ruined her party’.

During the first meeting of Labour MPs back in September after Corbyn was elected leader, Phillips embarked on foul-mouth tirade towards Abbott, when Abbott reminded her that she - Phillips - was not the only feminist in the party. Phillips response was to tell Abbott, ‘just go and ‘f...off’.

IPCC Criminal Investigation into the Met Police shooting of Jermaine Baker.

There is rising anger in London’s black communities in the wake of the police shooting of Jermaine Baker in Wood Green, Tottenham and Nathaniel Brophy in Brixton. Both were shot by Metropolitan Police Officers.

This will have gone unnoticed by most in the media, our myopic politicians and London MPs. Police and community relations in London are now toxic and provide a potentially combustible and explosive environment.

The Metropolitan Police have taken, what seems an unprecedented step and suspended one of its officers after the fatal shooting of Jermaine Baker from Tottenham, North London.

Baker was shot and killed by a single bullet during a special police operation that was tipped off about a prison break of two prisoners who were due to attend Wood Green Crown Court.

This story is about as unlikely as you are likely to read; only it’s true.

Last night John Boyega, born and bred in Peckham, South London, took centre stage with Hollywood's 'glitterati' including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamil and Carrie Fisher. They along with Boyega graced the Hollywood’s red carpet for the eagerly awaited Star Wars film -The Force Awakens.

Introduction: Can Commemorations Guide Us Towards the Future for Race Equality

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dangerous-donald-trump

Today Saatchi & Saatchi and OBV won an important and prestigious advertising award.

The news airwaves over recent days have been filled with sombre stories ranging from the bombings in Syria and the lockdowns in Paris and Brussels, to the dangerous and ridiculous pronouncements from the rump of Donald Trump. So it is always a pleasure, and also a brief respite to bring more positive news to the OBV website.