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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

“Treat this race report like climate change denial”

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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News, Government, Politics, Society & Culture

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Good news, everyone! Institutional racism is over, at least according to the Government-sponsored Sewell Report into racial disparity in the UK. As the report falls to pieces in plain sight, special guest Matthew Ryder QC (former London Deputy Mayor for social integration) joins Ayesha Hazarika, Ahir Shah and Ros Taylor to discuss a textbook example of selecting your conclusion before looking for evidence. Plus: Populism’s endgame in Brazil, the joy of blue plaques, and is Britain less divided than we thought? “The Sewell Report is a huge backwards step.” – Matthew Ryder “This should be a wake up call for Labour. The party just doesn’t trust people of colour with the big jobs.” – Matthew Ryder  Presented and produced by Andrew Harrison with Ayesha Hazarika, Ahir Shah and Ros Taylor. Assistant producers: Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I loved going to college.

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look after theirs with dental life. Pick up dental life in the pet food aisle. Hello and welcome back to the bunker I'm Andrew Harrison. This week the fallout from the controversial

1:15.7

Sewall report on racial disparity in the UK, a bad faith attempt to reduce real issues of

1:20.6

racism to a culture war talking point, brave thinking outside the box or

1:24.3

something more complex. Special guest Matthew Rider, QC, formerly London's deputy mayor for

1:29.2

social integration, social mobility and community engagement, joins us to look at the report and its aftermath.

1:35.0

Plus on a more cheerful note, this Britain actually less divided than we thought.

1:39.0

New research suggests that the pandemic has both united and dividedidals in different ways and the English

1:44.3

heritage blue plaque scheme. Princess Diana is getting one supposedly to address

1:48.2

gender imbalance. Who gets them, who should get them and should there be more of

1:52.2

them outside London.

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