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Privately, Labour strategists will be worried about Galloway's appeal to Batley's sizeable Muslim population

​Please join the Project on Europe and the Transatlantic Relationship for a panel discussion on efforts to advance an anti-racist transatlantic agenda with three policymakers: Caroline Abadie, Member of the French National Assembly; Oona King, Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Snap Inc and former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom; and Desirée Cormier Smith, Senior Advisor in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs at the U.S. Department of State. This discussion will be moderated by Torrey Taussig, Research Director, and Erika Manouselis, Project Coord...

Snap diversity report shows it’s still mostly white and male Kait Sanchez © Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Snap’s diversity report reveals that the company has made very little progress in its diversity goals since last year, with 47 percent of its employees being white and 65 percent male. There was a tiny increase in women’s representation across the company (32.9 to 33.1 percent) and a similarly small increase in underrepresented racial groups among leadership (13.1 to 13.6 percent). Meanwhile, Hispanic / Latinx representation decreased from 6.9 to 6.8 perc...

Additionally, in terms of its Yellow accelerator program, which launched in 2018 to invest in startups working at the intersection of tech and content, Snap says its 2021 class comprises seven out of nine startups who count at least one BIPOC or woman founder. Since the launch of the program, Snap says that 22 of the 39 participating startups — or roughly 56% — have at least one BIPOC founder. “In 2021, we are making DEI fundamental to everything we do,” CEO Evan Spiegel and VP of DEI Oona King wrote in a letter introducing the report, “from who we hire, to the algorithms we desi...

The judge also said he must complete a 60-day rehabilitation programme. Ms Ali said on Wednesday, March 10: “The sentencing for Sha hopefully marks the end of a distressing period for me, my family and my staff. We have been exposed to a continuous stream of abuse and harassment over the past few years. The sentence appropriately reflects the serious nature of the offence, as this type of behaviour is never acceptable. “I am grateful for the support I received from my local police officers, the CPS and all those involved in supporting us with this case. I’ve seen first-hand the exceptio...