She says that young Black men being six and half times more likely to be stopped and searched than their white counterparts in areas served by Avon and Somerset police.
“A major part of my campaign manifesto is institutional reform,” says Lake, who has previously held the position of lord mayor and chairs the Avon Fire Authority inclusion board.
“The disproportionate use of stop and search against members of our Afrikan and Asian communities and particularly amongst a young demographic must be reduced.
“We need to empower communities, hear them and build trust. I believe in active democracy so part of my plans are to also launch an area-wide youth panel and ensure regular community meetings are held to monitor progress.”
James Tavernier reveals why Rangers is home and insists he never lost faith during dark Ibrox days
Rangers Captain James Tavernier (left) receives a pat on the back from manager Steven Gerrard as he is substituted off the pitch during the Scottish Premiership match at McDiarmid Park
RANGERS have never lost their faith in James Tavernier. Just as importantly, Tavernier never lost his faith in Rangers. The relationship between player and support has been strained at times over the last six seasons but the bonds have never been stronger than they are today. The success that they share and savour in these times of celebration dwarfs the agonies that were endured in the making of a triumph that is historic for the club and defining for those who have made the dream a reality.
Meet the Bristol mayor candidate: Sandy Hore-Ruthven
By Ellie Pipe, Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Sandy Hore-Ruthven is feeling optimistic as he outlines his ambitions for Bristol and its economic recovery should he secure the city’s top job in May.
It has been a long campaign for the Green mayoral candidate, who was the first contender to throw his hat into the ring back in September 2018, when he promised to be the antidote to the ‘them and us’ rhetoric that shapes national narratives for his foray into politics.
More than two years on and his priorities may have shifted slightly in the wake of the global pandemic, but Hore-Ruthven is more determined than ever.
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Another greedy green
Looks like yet another Green Party councillor’s PUBLIC pronouncements on housing don’t quite match his PRIVATE arrangements.
An irate ACORN tenants union member calls to tell us that the Green Party Councillor for Southville, Bristol Pound bigwig and er, ACORN tenants union member Stephen “Daddy” Clarke, has
EVICTED a tenant from one of his numerous local buy-to-let investments after the tenant told him that his rent increase of 28 per cent was unaffordable!
The evicted tenant had been sharing with Daddy Clarke’s daughter, Katie “Snowflake” Finnegan-Clarke, a self-styled ‘
SOCIAL JUSTICE CONSULTANT‘ who’s main contribution to progressive causes is ‘being around when the media arrive’ we’re told. Snowflake originally advertised daddy’s house as “