I am so pleased that the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2009 has been approved by the new cabinet in Bangladesh. You can read more about the Act here. Believe it or not, previously you could only claim citizenship if your father was Bengali! This injustice generated a lot of complaints from my mixed-race friends especially my [...]

I’ve been corresponding with Louisa Thomson who is the newly elected Labour councillor for Stoke Newington Central in Hackney. I’m going to arrange an event with Louisa for London Young Labour women so we can hear about her successful campaign. (Apparently 100 volunteers turned up on polling day!) It will also give aspiring councillors a [...]

Here’s the letter I wrote to the Camden New Journal this week – Dear Editor I’m ashamed to admit that despite living next to the British Museum, I rarely venture inside. Well I decided to implement my new year’s resolution of injecting more culture into my life and attended the ‘Babylon: Myth and Reality’ exhibition. [...]

I met up with my friend Duncan who works for Richard Burden MP. Duncan told me that things have been manic in his office because of the BBC’s decision not to air an advertisement by UK charities appealing for emergency aid for Gaza. Richard Burden rightfully denounced the BBC’s decision and tabled an Early Day [...]