Historic opportunity alert! Britain gets a chance to be better
David Weaver, chair of Operation Black Vote, says incoming prime minister Andy Burnham has a historic opportunity to shift the national mood on racism — and we choose to hear the key word: OPPORTUNITY!
And look at the track record backing it up. Operation Black Vote turns 30 this year, and in those three decades it has mentored thousands of people into public life — MPs, councillors, magistrates, school governors, NHS board members. Thirty years of quietly building the country everyone says they want. That's not a pressure group, that's a comeback story with a filing system!
Weaver's plan is refreshingly concrete: legal aid for Windrush scandal survivors, fixing the compensation scheme, and big conversations across divides — including with people who disagree. Talking! To each other! It's so simple it just might work, because it's the only thing that ever has.
He says a society can't thrive if it's divided. Which means the road to thriving is right there, signposted, with three decades of directions. Chapter one of a comeback story! Another gift!