Trevor Phillips
Trevor Phillips
Mark Trevor Phillips, OBEis a British writer, broadcaster and former politician. In March 2015, Phillips was appointed as the President of the Partnership Council of the John Lewis Partnership for a three-year term. He is the first external appointment since 1928...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 December 1953
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It is essential that those in charge of the football industry realize that addressing racial equality is a necessity, not an option.
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This review shows where we need to focus our efforts to ensure that all of those who are disadvantaged in some way are given the opportunity to reach their full potential and contribute to a vibrant and successful UK economy.
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Most liberal-minded folk would like to think that since they are not hostile to people of a different race, racism is a disease of the uneducated, unenlightened and socially backward - football hooligans, British National Party supporters, policemen. You could call this the Bad Guy Theory. But the Bad Guy Theory does not explain why Indian-heritage children do nearly twice as well as Pakistani-heritage children at GCSE.
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Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes.
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Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.
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You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.
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There's no question that there is more anti-religion noise in Britain.
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My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.
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I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.
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I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.
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Across the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.
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We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.
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There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.
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Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.