Our Nation's Future
A series of lectures from the PM on vital issues
Multicultural Britain to be "celebrated"
- PM's latest lecture
Tony Blair has outlined how he believes the right balance can be struck between integration and diversity. In the fifth of his Our Nation's Future lectures, he told an audience in London:
"It is not that we need to dispense with multicultural Britain. On the contrary we should continue celebrating it."
- Watch the lecture in Real Player (opens in new window)
- Listen to the speech as mp3 (opens in new window)
Expert papers to the PM on Community Cohesion
The role of multiculturalism in a modern and evolving society is a topic of vivid debate. Here are the views of some opinion formers:
- Bhikhu Parekh: Two Ideas of Multiculturalism
- Bhikhu Parekh: Where is Britain Going?
- Rick Muir: Citizenship in a multicultural democracy
- Jonathan Sacks: How to build a culture of respect
- Trevor Phillips speech: Race Convention
- David Goodhart: Earned Citizenship
The commemoration for the 200th anniversary
Boosting understanding of the community
Promoting community cohesion and equalityOther PM community cohesion links
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