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A tribute to Prince Joseph Lincoln Burke-Monerville
Share/Bookmark The following address was delivered at Joseph Burke-Monerville‘s funeral. Condolences to John and Linda, Joseph’s parents and Jonathan and David, his brothers and all of the Burke-Monerville extended family. If I were to name you all, we’d be here till 6.00 o’clock… tomorrow morning. I have witnessed close at hand your pain, your hurt
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To iconize and canonize: Stephen Lawrence 20 years later
Share/BookmarkOn 22 April 2013, senior representatives of the British state joined the Lawrence family in marking the 20th anniversary of the murder of 18 year old Stephen Lawrence by white racists. Leaders of the three main political parties and the Mayor of London attended a memorial service at St Martin in the Fields, near Trafalgar Square, to
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The exclusion epidemic that won’t go away
Share/BookmarkBlack Caribbean boys are three times more likely to be excluded from state schools than their classmates, a study has found. The Children’s Commission report, They Go The Extra Mile, published on March 20, established an “unacceptably high correlation” between exclusion and male pupils, those with special education needs and children on free school meals.
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Comment: Boris Johnson and youth violence in London
Share/Bookmark On April 23rd, The Guardian published an article entitled “Boris Johnson ‘has done virtually nothing to tackle youth violence’“. Professor Gus John commented on the news story, saying: Ron Belgrave is finally lifting the lid on the sham that passed as Boris Johnson’s engagement with the issue of serious youth violence in London and
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Boris Johnson ‘has done virtually nothing to tackle youth violence’
Share/Bookmark (Click on the image above to read this article in The Guardian’s website) Boris Johnson has done “virtually nothing” to tackle rising serious youth violence, according to a former senior London government officer who drew up the Conservative mayor’s initial proposals for addressing the issue. Ron Belgrave, who left the Greater London authority (GLA)
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