• EVENTS in America over the past week were all borne out of deeply ingrained prejudices we have long known exist both across the pond and here in Britain.

It is incumbent on all of us, of whatever colour, to educate ourselves properly about racial inequalities, to call out racism wherever we see it and to demand change.

Sadly we are not immune from the sickening discrimination that infects America’s society and institutions.

This week we saw the Conservative government attempt to suppress a report containing data about the disproportionate impact Covid-19 has been having on BAME communities, including Camden residents, then fail to state what it would do to address the socio-economic and health inequalities that have already led to such a shameful loss of life.

The same government has also stayed silent at a time when we need to be showing solidarity with those who demand justice for George Floyd.

The ballot box is the place to demand better from elected representatives, but outside of elections we can all do more to tackle discrimination in everyday life.

Let’s use this moment to give George Floyd, and so many others before him and since, the justice they deserve.

Black Lives Matter is about more than a trending hashtag on Twitter, it’s about the fight for equality.

It will take a long time to rectify the historic and ongoing injustices faced by the black community, but we can all play our part.

Let’s start now and not finish until the work is done.

CLLR LUISA PORRITT
Belsize ward

CLLR TOM SIMON
Belsize ward

CLLR FLICK REA
Fortune Green ward

MATT SANDERS
Parliamentary Spokesperson for Hampstead & Kilburn

MATTHEW KIRK
Parliamentary Spokesperson for Holborn & Saint Pancras Liberal Democrats