Heard on the local news today, Tony Blair sending out a message that we all need to be more British. bighairlol He must mean beltch and break wind more frequently in public.

Anyway listening to the Conform or else message made me think ? Or else what ? What can they do more to ethnic minorities in this country that they have not done already ?
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Mr Blair – you promised to tackle disproportionate black unemployment. As yet another report condemns lack of action, when are you ever going to keep your promises? By Matilda MacAttram [align=right]20/4/2004 [/align] TONY BLAIR said he was committed to ending inequality in the labour market by 2013, but a new report out later this week will reveal tackle disproportionate black unemployment is worse than ever
Tony Blair has failed to live up to his promises
African-Caribbeans are twice as likely to be jobless than their white counterparts. Yet a year after Blair made the commitment to ending workplace discrimination, his government has so far failed to put in place any new initiatives to turn his words into action.
This week yet another report is set to condemn the government for lack of action in tackling disproportionate black unemployment and experts are now left wondering it Blair’s warm words were just spin and empty promises.
Blink can exclusively reveal that a TUC study into the governments’ much-feted New Deal will show ethnic minorities continue to be left behind when it comes to getting work. Trade unionists say exclusion from the job market is ‘ghettoising’ black and Asian youth.
[align=center]unacceptable Responding to that report, Blair committed to completely solve this problem within ten years. But a year on, nothing has changed and with no new initiatives in place to meet Blair’s goal.[/align] Your Shout Send your message to Tony Blair. We will post contributions on Blink and forward them to Number 10 Now the TUC believe that report, coupled with their new research on the New Deal, will at last force ministers into tackling race discrimination in the workplace and job training market.
Trade unionists believe it was wrong for the government to exempt private sector and training from the 2000 Race Relations (Amendment) Act, which only applies to the public sector.
Margaret Greer, of the trade union Unison, said: "We have always been aware of the unacceptable high levels of discrimination that occurs in the workplace. We are working very hard to make a dent in this huge problem but it is something that we are very aware will take a long time to change."
[align=center]ghettoised "There can be all the good will in the world, but if the statutory tools are not used to make the changes needed what difference will it make?"[/align] THE COST OF BEING BLACK Source: Cabinet Office Strategy Unit "Ethnic Minorities & the Labour Market" based on average net weekly pay (2000), men working between the ages of 18-65 It is not only black people who are paying a heavy price for discrimination. Failure by employers to take on ethnic minorities has had a negative impact on UK economic performance.
McKenzie said: "It’s outrageous that employers are allowed to discriminate against ethnic minorities like this. It is this sort of discrimination that ensures ethnic minorities are ghettoised and kept in poorly paid menial labour."
The Cabinet Office report revealed that the worst-affected ethnic group was for Pakistani men - who earn just half the weekly take-home pay of a white man. Pakistani men take earn £155 per week, compared to a white man’s £300. Over a lifetime, that’s a difference of over £350,000 – equivalent to an amazing 52 brand new Ford Ka’s.
[align=center]'worrying disparities’ In the wake of that report, Commission for Racial Equality chairman Trevor Phillips said more action was needed from the government. [/align] Unemployment can lead to despair and mental health problems Ikbal Ifara, economics spokesman for the Muslim Council, commented: "Employers cannot afford to continue to exclude ethnic minorities.
"Over a quarter of new entrants into the labour market will come from ethnic minorities over the next ten years and there are a lot of institutional barriers that need to come down before we will see any real change."
The Cabinet Office report confirms that it is discrimination in the workplace rather than differences in education and skills are the cause for what the report describes as 'worrying disparities in the labour market'.
Indians and Chinese perform better in the workplace than any other ethnic group, in fact statistics show that they out perform white people in the workplace but they do not get the jobs that their qualification levels justify.

Kunjufu wrote: dont know what is truly british, curries and carnival isnt

if kate moss and the bnp are british standards .... no thanks

i must thank sky news for having henrybonsou as a regular critic on the what the papers say

in regards tony blair intergration ism

he said most immigrants are ok britishness but when thery find yobbish behaviour drunkeness and flashing their boobs they dont want that to be a part of their life. so what is british exactly(paraphrased)

As soon as they get rid of thatman the better.

what is British anyway?

Sitting on the the street vomiting at 2am with my asshanging out andsome fool sha**ing me from my behind or maybe i should sit at home with my eight kids and my T.V dinner on my lap watching Neighbour.

Tony Blair pi** off is what i say to your multiculturlism

Boy that Tony... sure is a funny guy.

Here he is praising David Cameron for not "playing the race card". Apparently it's a good thing Mr Cameron has not misused the debate on immigration.

LOL how on earth could he when Labour and their mouthpiece newspapers (sun, mail, times) do it so well and have that market cornered? Who could misuse that debate more than a Blunkett or a Clarke?

Hazel Blears in on the act.

New Labour aren't playing around with this ethnic thing.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspap...496632,00.html

She reckons they're gonna make it the big explosive topic of the next election (for all you who were starting to like Brown). She reckons the concerns of the BNP aren't being met so New Labour are moving well to the right to meet them and stave off competition.

i saw some sikhs voting for b.n.p on channel 5 newssaying how all these polish where taking their "jobs". This whole integration thing is firstly a distraction away from iraq..... and secondly they real scared b.n.p might snatch there votes.......so they have to luck a lil tough on the "muslims" and others......