10/11/2025 10:35
The Guardian
Warning against breaking manifesto promise comes as speculation mounts about rise in income tax ahead of budget day on 26 NovemberAt the end of last week the Metropolitan police published an independent report by Dr Shereen Daniels looking at how the force responded to complaints of racism. The report said:Anti-black outcomes in policing are not random. They have been built in. And they have been named, again and again, by families in grief, frontline officers, unions, activists, whistleblowers, campaigners, and formal investigations.The report talks about ‘whiteness’ which is an offensive, divisive and obviously racialised (and therefore racist) concept. Daniels writes: “Whiteness here is not a synonym for white racial identity. It is a way of thinking, organising and maintaining power. It is a logic. One that can be adopted, performed and enforced by anyone, irrespective of their racial identity. It centres white comfort, demands neutrality, and reacts defensively to Blackness and other challenges to its order.”I think this terminology is completely inappropriate and should be expressly rejected by the Met Police. I urge you to disregard the many elements of this report which lack evidence, which are divisive or would, if implemented, lead to substantially more crime including against the black community themselves. Continue reading...
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