My point is that our business is not to be going round poking our nose into every particular event or case, but to raise the expectations of all of the industries so that what they expect from their own people is greater than they used to be.". There he soon detected which way the wind was blowing and began to critique CRE orthodoxy about the importance of multiculturalism - the policy pursued by successive governments since the 1960s of affirming the identity of different minority communities. . Sir Mark Trevor Phillips OBE ARCS FIC (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003. Their longest marriage has been 28 years to Asha Bhownagary. They have two children. Surface meets surface. "The point is that the history of our work has rightly been, until the last decade, a history largely about anti-discrimination. His programme was temporarily rebranded as Trevor Phillips on Sunday. He also has a chauffeur-driven car for work.. The former left-wing firebrand who once listed "mischief" among his recreations in Who's Who counts among his friends individuals who stretch from the far left to the demagogic right. French Embassy in London: Mr Trevor Phillips made Chevalier de la Lgion dHonneur. It is about behaviour. It was only in 1996 that he actually joined the Labour Party, though this was chiefly because he felt that his role in television barred him from holding a party card. Edinburgh made a similar statement on the subject only recently.". Born in England in 1953, the seventh child of a working-class immigrant family with no money but high aspirations, he was schooled between London and Guyana, and elected president of the National. Read more about this topic: Trevor Phillips, Im afraid, sir, that I gave up my belief in goblins, witches, personal devils and werewolves at the age of six.John Colton (18861946), Just so hollow and ineffectual, for the most part, is our ordinary conversation. "If you apply the policy that they appear to have adopted, then you are making the good the enemy of the better," he said. [32], Phillips was suspended from the Labour Party pending investigation into alleged Islamophobia based on his past statements, a move which he called "Corbynista payback" and "pure political gangsterism". Multiculturalism: disagreements with Ken Livingstone, Comparisons between Britain and the United States, Jones, Sam; Sturcke, James. This is an opportunity to bring about change, instead of bleating on about it, which is what parliamentarians specialise in. These comments came after the protests against the Danish cartoons satirising the Islamic prophet, Muhammad which sparked protests in the Muslim community. The radical trio went to Cuba and condemned the Soviet Union as reactionary - though even then, one contemporary recalls, Phillips was a smooth operator who behind the scenes would rather seek "consensus than conflict". [29] Writing for the Middle East Eye, Peter Oborne said Phillips had employed a double standard to attack social conservatism by comparing British Muslim views against Britain as a whole, rather than against other UK religious groups. [46], Phillips completed his second term of office in September 2012, which, together with his term at the CRE made him the longest serving leader of any UK equality commission. Mr Phillips, 49, who was born in London to parents from Guyana, is a former president of the National Union of Students who has spent most of his career in television, rising to become head of current affairs at LWT. The former left-wing. [7] Phillips was invited to analyse and interpret the survey[clarification needed] for the documentary What British Muslims Really Think aired April 2016, which followed similar themes to Things We Won't Say About Race (That Are True) relating to exploring racial truths through statistics. Our mission is about promoting equality. In March 2015, Phillips was appointed as the President of the Partnership Council of the John Lewis Partnership for a three-year term. I dare any politician to say that.". Managing director, Pepper Productions, 1994- Chairman: Runnymede Trust, 1993-98; Hampstead Theatre, 1993-97; London Arts Board, 1997-2000. When he returned to London it was to study chemistry at Imperial College. He has been a television presenter and executive. But it is hard to deny his declining popularity among ethnic-minority organisations as he takes over at the new Equalities Commission. Sushila had written for publications including the Sunday Times after graduating with a first class honours degree in English literature from York University in 2008. HE SAYS "Race relations is the one issue where everybody thinks that they are experts based upon what happened to them in Tesco last week. [citation needed]. Contribute Who is Trevor Phillips dating? He said Muslims' attitude could trigger violence worse than in the riots in the north of England five years before. "But nobody here in this organisation is addicted to rushing around getting into other people's business. I have met the girls with whom she shared the hellish wards reserved for the most distressed, and learnt not to look away when she tells me that Ill never see one of them again because she has taken her own life.. His father was a British Railways clerk, his mother a seamstress. But we have moved an incredibly long way on the anti-discrimination front. The Phillips paradox had been set. He began on a black and Asian affairs show before presenting The London Programme, which touched all the totemic issues of the day - stop and search, racism and the poll tax. The Asian community had by this point - post 9/11 and the "war on terror" in Afghanistan and Iraq - redefined itself in religious terms. After protests against the Danish cartoons satirising the Prophet Mohamed had sparked protests in the Muslim world, Phillips spoke of the need to "allow people to offend each other". [45] However, he was told his behaviour was "inappropriate and ill-advised". It also stated that Islamophobia stemmed from closed views seeing British Muslims as monolithic, separate, and different.[25]. It's a casual inquiry - but the answer he gives is intriguing. It does at least confine itself to the commission's obvious brief of gender, race and disability. In terms of views on homosexuality, religious devotion, and the role of women, Oborne said "Phillips could have carried out a similar poll of Conservative Party activists, of Roman Catholics, of orthodox Jews, or many other religious minorities and come up with something roughly similar. Then, when one government minister after another followed Jack Straw's lead in criticising the use of the veil by Muslim women, instead of offering the corrective many expected from the chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, Phillips added his own broadside. Phillips was appointed head of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2003 and was the chairman of its successor, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), from 2007 to 2012. It is only days before he gives evidence tomorrow to the Speaker's conference committee, and there is nothing remotely timid about the proposals he will be advocating. Soon afterwards, he started going out with TV producer Helen Veale, who is 16 years his junior. Married equality chief Trevor Phillips looks happy and relaxed as he strolls in the morning sunshine with the new woman in his life. So what? They have two children. [34], Phillips has pointed out that his actual remarks were reported by The Times on 27 January 2016. He was chairman of the Runnymede Trust, a charity concerned with race issues, from 1993 to 1998. [28] Simon Woolley, founder of Operation Black Vote, said the documentary pandered to prejudice, treated Muslims as a monolithic group and gave "no historical or social/political context". Phillips met his former wife, a child psychologist, as a student, and the couple have two grown-up daughters, Sushila and Holly. She went peacefully, in her own bed, in our mums arms. Still, he had his reward. This is not a question of freedom of speech, this is a juvenile provocation." Amanda Perthen, Mail on Sunday Reporter. If you look at the figures one way, there is clear evidence of discrimination against state school pupils but no one is making that argument," she said. And frankly you are judged by that". Phillips entered public life as a student radical. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's Honors List for his services to journalism. She regularly teaches and lectures at home and abroad. "Hip-hop stars and so forth - what are they? It was intended, the Mayor said, "to grab alarmist headlines rather than develop meaningful discourse". ", Is there anything at all which couldn't conceivably fall within the range of his remit? Education: Queen's College, Georgetown, Guyana; Imperial College, London (BSc, ARCS), Career: President, National Union of Students, 1978-80; London Weekend Television: researcher, 1980-81; producer, Black on Black, The Making of Britain, 1981-86; reporter, This Week, Thames TV, 1986-87; London Weekend Television: editor, London Programme, 1987-92; head, current affairs, 1992-94; presenter: London Programme, 1987-2000; Crosstalk, 1994-2000; The Material World, 1998-2000. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. It's big and broad. She also recently won her school's English prize - achievements that have gained her offers from York and Nottingham universities. Asked about his generalisations about British Muslims he said "if you do belong to a groupyou identify with a particular set of values, and you stand for it. Trevor Phillips was born on 31 December 1953 in London, England, UK. His recent attacks on multiculturalism have won him plaudits on the right, too. His supporters say his comments are evidence of unusually nuanced and imaginative thinking on race. "We are in a different world from the 1970s. "They think that we're just there to catch them out. Its rejection of Sushila has incensed Trevor Phillips, who numbers many Cabinet ministers among his friends and whose job as head of the CRE involves speaking out against discrimination. FAMILY Married to Asha Bhownagary; two daughters, EDUCATION Queen's College boys' school, Georgetown, Guyana; chemistry at Imperial College, London. [50] Following Obama's election, in an interview for The Times on 8 November 2008,[51] Phillips said that he believed it would be impossible for a black candidate in the United Kingdom to rise to the top in politics because of institutional racism within the Labour Party, saying: If Barack Obama had lived here I would be very surprised if even somebody as brilliant as him would have been able to break through the institutional stranglehold that there is on power within the Labour party. "[44] He was cleared of contempt of Parliament and the House of Lords recommended that new and clearer guidance about the conduct of witnesses to Select Committees be issued. When do the clocks change in 2023? ", Mr Woolley, and Peter Herbert, chairman of the Society of Black Lawyers and an unsuccessful candidate for the job, expressed disappointment that Mr Phillips would not be a full-time chairman. As four out of five sitting MPs currently stand for re-election, any other measure to increase diversity of intake would be limited, he reasons, to just one fifth of the house, making progress unacceptably slow. [1], Phillips and Livingstone had a frosty relationship throughout Phillips's time on the London Assembly, and Phillips's opposition to multiculturalism saw them clash time and again during his tenure at the CRE. Soon afterwards, he started going out with TV producer Helen Veale, who is 16 years his junior. I understand what it is to hear that she may not live long enough to go to university. He spent his childhood partly in British Guiana, and partly in Wood Green, north London; he attended Wood Green County Grammar School (which became Wood Green Comprehensive in 1967) on White Hart Lane, but took his A-levels at Queen's College in Georgetown, Guyana. She said: "Bristol has been dominated by private school students in the past, so in a way we had further to go than other universities. [27], Responses to the documentary were mixed. The extension of flexible working hours for parents, for example, was attacked by business leaders as unaffordable, despite Phillips' assurances that it would work to their advantage by making their staff more productive. Phillips was the President of the Partnership Council of the John Lewis Partnership from 2015 to 2019 and was the first external appointment for the role since 1928. [53], Phillips was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours for services to broadcast journalism. 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Phillips was married to Asha Bhownagary for 28 years. "If I'm in the Caribbean, I'm standing on the street corner, I look like everybody else. Too difficult for us. [10], As a student at Imperial he became president of its students' union. Phillips joined the Labour Party in London in 1996. Trevor Phillips was born on 31 December 1953 in London, England, UK. He also served as chairman of the London Arts Board. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. And that's why I'm here', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Photograph: David Levene/Guardian, The G2 interview: Decca Aitkenhead meets Trevor Phillips, he head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was sitting in the back of a taxi, half listening to the radio, when something caught his attention. It is a background from which he has developed some controversial thoughts about the nature of Britishness - a subject on which he was expanding to Teachers TV yesterday. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a12d3d40f5ae1c3 He produced and presented The London Programme for LWT and has worked on projects for the BBC and Channel 4. In 1978 he was elected president of the National Union of Students as a candidate for the Broad Left. His long-standing friendship with Peter Mandelson (who worked with Phillips at LWT and was best man at his first wedding) brought him close to the New Labour project and he became friendly with Tony Blair. Trevor Phillips was created on Dec 31, 1953 in London, Britain as Tag Trevor Phillips. Family (1) Spouse Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary The eldest daughter of former broadcaster and politician Trevor Phillips has died after a decades-long battle with anorexia. And I think that a lot of the systemic bias we have to deal with now is the result of 1,000 small things said that nobody noticed at the time, 1,000 acts of neglect, 1,000 little slights that sometime the person who's doing it is completely unaware of. An onlooker said: They looked very much like a couple, relaxed and smiling and laughing with each other.. For more information on eating disorders, and to get support, contact Beat. The Labour Party designated Phillips as a member of the London Assembly on 4 May 2000 as one of its "top-up" candidates. He ended up as head of current affairs, and launched his own production company, Pepper Productions, which made him a lot of money - though, like all rich folk, he describes himself merely as "comfortable". Asha Bhownagary. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Male Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients, Officers of the Order of the British Empire List II. Mr Phillips, 55, was seen hand-in-hand with TV producer Helen Veale - who is 16 years younger - near her flat in North-West London, just a couple of miles from his marital home in Crouch End. Britain was "sleepwalking towards segregation". ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. And a caller rang in and said, 'They'll send that Trevor Phillips round, won't they, to put us in the nick.'" They were last married in 2013 to Helen Veale. A return to politics Of course, yes, it would be disingenuous and pathetic, and the kind of thing politicians say, if I were to pretend it's not an option. 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Read writing from Asha Bhownagary on Medium. The daughter of the anti-racism campaigner and broadcaster Trevor Phillips has died after a 22-year battle with anorexia. "I completely understand what you say, and I accept it. Phillips's latest edict may have puzzled the public but it was safe to assume that he was on message with No 10. Among his student associates where Peter Mandelson, who went on to become the architect of New Labour, and Charles Clarke, later Education Secretary. The Commission's proposals were in part implemented in UK legislation in the Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 and the Equality Act 2010, both of which he influenced as Chair of the EHRC. 'Maybe I'll become a footballer, and I don't need to read to become a professional footballer,' " he said. But we won. Although he apologised for his presentation of research by the Australian academic Michael Poulsen of statistics on levels of segregation, which had led to some controversy, he welcomed the focus on integration of different communities after the launch of A Commission for Integration and Cohesion. 09:50 GMT 17 May 2009. FRSA 1995. Well, possibly because he represents the interests of people who are at the mercy of garages in Northampton doing things that are illegal? If I go into a shop, they know I've come from England because I start looking for the queue. The biggest gorilla in the garden? he said. His is the first external appointment since 1928. Trevor Phillips was married to Asha Bhownagary for 28 years, and Helen Veale for 9 years. The university has been at the centre of a political storm following its decision to give preferential treatment to children from state schools. His parents, from Guyana, were so disappointed at the decline of the school that they sent him to school in the Caribbean. More than 95 per cent of pupils at Westminster achieve an A or B grade at A-level. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Sushila Phillips, 36, a freelance journalist, died 'peacefully in her. Asha Phillips is a child psychotherapist trained at the Tavistock Clinic. A Speaker's conference (a formal parliamentary inquiry into possible problems with the electoral system), the first in more than 30 years, will address the under-representation in parliament of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people. Mr Phillips met his wife, who is a child psychologist, as a student and the couple have two grown-up daughters. "There are other factors that could be taken into account by universities. Mr Phillips, 63, was prompted to write about his daughters illness in the Times last month after Meghan Markle recounted her own mental health issues in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. 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He prefers to use terms like "systemic bias" rather than institutional racism - but what exactly does he mean? We meet in the glassy offices of the EHRC overlooking the Thames, which are every bit as sleek and polished as Phillips, who always looks as if he has just been dry cleaned. [11] Following this and other controversies, including his decision to send his children to a private school, Phillips withdrew from the race a few months later and was not on the final shortlist of candidates. [citation needed] He has been a member of the board of the Barbican Arts Centre,[39] the Council of Aldeburgh Music, and a trustee of the Social Mobility Foundation, among other charities. "So-called Muslim leaders", he said, were "overly defensive". She has worked for Education and Social Services and in a Hospital Paediatric department and Special Care Baby Unit. She also had a diploma in law and masters degree in English literature.
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