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A BACKLASH over the government’s “divisive” race report escalated today after experts, identified as stakeholders, said they were “never consulted” and the PM’s top black adviser quit.
Two historians said they were “horrified” today to find their names included on a list of stakeholders thanked for giving evidence to the widely condemned report.
Stephen Bourne, who has published books about the history of Britain’s black community, claims he was “manipulated” into being involved with the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities’ 258-page report.
Published on Wednesday, the report concluded that Britain was no longer a country where the system is deliberately rigged against ethnic minorities, sparking a fierce backlash from MPs, trade unions and equality campaigners.