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Sunder Katwala is director of British Future, the new think tank  dedicated to issues of identity, immigration and fairness.

Articles by Sunder Katwala

The British Dream: a review, and the author's response

Sunder Katwala and David Goodhart 18 April 2013

A new book on immigration and inclusion by the former Prospect Editor lays out a vision of a shared future Britain. Sunder Katwala, director of think-tank British Future, reviews the book, and the author David Goodhart responds.

Football, fascism and the British

Sunder Katwala 4 April 2013

Sunderland manager Di Canio has apparently finally distanced himself from fascism. What can we learn from the furore, about power and sport, politics and the personal, and the UK's relationship to fascist ideology?

Can Labour build a Britain that works together?

Sunder Katwala 14 December 2012

'This is a speech of celebration and integration'. So said Ed Miliband today, of his latest speech on the One Nation Labour approach. But is his party in touch with everyday experiences across Britain?

Melting pot Britain

Sunder Katwala 11 December 2012

As the 2011 UK census shows, an ever larger number of Britons are from mixed race backgrounds. So Jessica Ennis was not just the face of the London Olympics this summer; she could stake a fair claim to be the 'face of modern Britain' as well.

What do the British people think of the English Defence League?

Sunder Katwala 12 October 2012

New polling shows the British people's attitudes to the far-right street protest movement.

Feeling British after the Olympics

Sunder Katwala 19 August 2012

The Olympics have revealed once again that the British are fascinated with themselves and how they feel about who they are, now that they are a multicultural country that is no longer the centre of an Empire. Here we see some of the shifting responses detailed in polling responses run by the new think tank, British Future. 

Born in South Africa but representing England: a response to Peter Oborne

Sunder Katwala 17 August 2012

Responding to the controversial dropping of Kevin Pietersen from the England cricket team, The Telegraph's political columnist Peter Oborne declared the impossibility of being born in South Africa and giving full loyalty to England. Sunder Katwala unpacks these remarks, arguing that once the invitation to don our national colours is accepted, the English and British traditions have been to give all team members equal status.

An island story: Boyle's Olympic opening was irresistibly British

Sunder Katwala 31 July 2012

London 2012's opening ceremony evoked a 'gently fierce' national pride that was uniquely British in character. 

The shape of the union: the "bigger picture" of the UK local elections

Sunder Katwala 7 May 2012

The results of the 2012 UK-wide local elections provide important indicators about the future of the union. With Scotland checking Alex Salmond’s breakneck rise to power and the weak performance of Welsh Plaid Cymru, these nationalist movements have unappetising statistics to digest. Meanwhile, the BNP look fatigued to the point of collapse.  

How to hear one side of an argument: The missing voices of a sledgehammer polemic

Sunder Katwala 14 March 2012

'Physical theatre' group DV8's latest production "Can We Talk About This?" is currently being performed at London's National Theatre. Sunder Katwala applauds its corporeal flair but finds a lack of serious engagement with its subject matter of multiculturalism. 

The English conversation has finally begun. What took so long?

Sunder Katwala 1 February 2012
Englishness is finally finding a voice, after more than a century. Why has it been muted this long, and is it time now for a strong civic nation, or will an England of blood and soil emerge?

Ruder, more liberal and as class-conscious as ever: how Britain sees itself today

Sunder Katwala 16 January 2012

As arguments over nationhood and independence once again grab the political agenda, Sunder Katwala, director of a new think tank probing attitudes to identity and integration, finds cause for optimism

Labour's immigration muddle, and a conference of confusion

Sunder Katwala 4 October 2011
The Labour Party doesn't know what to do or say about immigration. Last week's conference was a case in point, as two leading thinkers offered radical proposals for tightening immigration that even they admitted are unworkable.

The Left and the Big Society I: Sunder Katwala

Sunder Katwala 20 September 2010
How will the left respond to the clear challenge of the Conservatives' Big Society idea? Niki Seth Smith talks to leading people and institutions on the left to ask them how they see it, beginning with Sunder Katwala, general secretary of the Fabian Society who blogs at Next Left.

Let everyone watch the debate! Ten reasons to show it live on analog TV

Sunder Katwala 22 April 2010
Sunder Katwala calls for the BBC to broadcast the second general election debate

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