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Ali says Britain is a multiracial, multicultural democracy that needs to protect “everyone’s equal right to belong.”
At a time when Britain is facing unprecedented levels of racist violence and intimidation, the country needs leadership.
So I’m calling on Andy Burnham to recognise this as a national emergency.
Because this is not just a policing problem. It’s a test of whether a diverse democracy can protect the equal right of everyone to belong.
People making the journey to the green party because they see we offer a real alternative.
He says people are looking for a different kind of politics that recognises how multicultural the UK is.
Britain is becoming more diverse, not less. Can we build a country confident enough to live with difference? To protect everyone’s equal right to belong and to make diversity work with us all.
