Omar Khan
@omaromalleykhan.bsky.social
CEO of @taso.org.uk, Chair of Trust for London, Executive Committee of Political Studies Association. The usual disclaimers.
10 years ago, Sir Geoffrey Bindman, who recently passed away, wrote this piece, based on a conference I organised commemorating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and 50th anniversary of the first Race Relations Act
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
10 years ago, Sir Geoffrey Bindman, who recently passed away, wrote this piece, based on a conference I organised commemorating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta and 50th anniversary of the first Race Relations Act
In 2001, Iain Duncan Smith and David Davis expelled Conservatives (described as a 'purge of rightwing extremists') with 'inflammatory views on race' such as the *voluntary* repatriation of ethnic minorities
In 2025, such policies are apparently too liberal
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
In 2025, such policies are apparently too liberal
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
October 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In 2001, Iain Duncan Smith and David Davis expelled Conservatives (described as a 'purge of rightwing extremists') with 'inflammatory views on race' such as the *voluntary* repatriation of ethnic minorities
In 2025, such policies are apparently too liberal
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
In 2025, such policies are apparently too liberal
www.theguardian.com/politics/200...
I'm still making my way through it, but good to see evaluation prominently mentioned, and our work at @taso.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I'm still making my way through it, but good to see evaluation prominently mentioned, and our work at @taso.org.uk
Image from the below article, indicating that between 1966 and 2021, UK Cabinet members had the following educational qualifications
Oxford: 26.5%
Cambridge: 18.1%
LSE/Edinburgh/Durham: 10.4%
Other universities: 34.1%
Did not attend university: 10.8%
Oxford: 26.5%
Cambridge: 18.1%
LSE/Edinburgh/Durham: 10.4%
Other universities: 34.1%
Did not attend university: 10.8%
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Image from the below article, indicating that between 1966 and 2021, UK Cabinet members had the following educational qualifications
Oxford: 26.5%
Cambridge: 18.1%
LSE/Edinburgh/Durham: 10.4%
Other universities: 34.1%
Did not attend university: 10.8%
Oxford: 26.5%
Cambridge: 18.1%
LSE/Edinburgh/Durham: 10.4%
Other universities: 34.1%
Did not attend university: 10.8%
My colleagues and I did some interviews with ethnic minorities in the run up to Brexit. Our key findings were that while they were more likely to vote Remain, this was less due to a 'pro EU' disposition and more due to concerns about nativism
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October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My colleagues and I did some interviews with ethnic minorities in the run up to Brexit. Our key findings were that while they were more likely to vote Remain, this was less due to a 'pro EU' disposition and more due to concerns about nativism
cdn.prod.website-files.com/61488f992b58...
cdn.prod.website-files.com/61488f992b58...
Yeah, tho you don't want the US government writing up things like this, however tantalising the wording of these events
October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yeah, tho you don't want the US government writing up things like this, however tantalising the wording of these events
A well known 1983 election poster
42 yrs on, the opposing view 'You can't be British/English if you're Black' is still defended. Powell & the Monday Club did then call for *voluntary* repatriation, a view the Thatcher govt rejected
Many of course disagree(d) w/the poster's claims for other reasons
42 yrs on, the opposing view 'You can't be British/English if you're Black' is still defended. Powell & the Monday Club did then call for *voluntary* repatriation, a view the Thatcher govt rejected
Many of course disagree(d) w/the poster's claims for other reasons
October 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A well known 1983 election poster
42 yrs on, the opposing view 'You can't be British/English if you're Black' is still defended. Powell & the Monday Club did then call for *voluntary* repatriation, a view the Thatcher govt rejected
Many of course disagree(d) w/the poster's claims for other reasons
42 yrs on, the opposing view 'You can't be British/English if you're Black' is still defended. Powell & the Monday Club did then call for *voluntary* repatriation, a view the Thatcher govt rejected
Many of course disagree(d) w/the poster's claims for other reasons
Here's the relevant chart from the above report. It's rare to see such a clear, consistent slope in any social trend. That segregation is decreasing is perhaps the best evidence, least controversial social fact of modern Britain
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Here's the relevant chart from the above report. It's rare to see such a clear, consistent slope in any social trend. That segregation is decreasing is perhaps the best evidence, least controversial social fact of modern Britain
On the issue of housing costs, see our @trustforlondon.bsky.social chart, showing that after housing costs (blue dots), child poverty in these areas rises to 40% or more
trustforlondon.org.uk/data/child-p...
trustforlondon.org.uk/data/child-p...
October 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
On the issue of housing costs, see our @trustforlondon.bsky.social chart, showing that after housing costs (blue dots), child poverty in these areas rises to 40% or more
trustforlondon.org.uk/data/child-p...
trustforlondon.org.uk/data/child-p...
I followed up this piece with another on why lumping all 'nonwhite' groups together leads to bad analysis and bad policy on segregation
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/when-is...
I acknowledged that choice can lead to segregation, including in schools, tho noted some less observed aspects of this
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/when-is...
I acknowledged that choice can lead to segregation, including in schools, tho noted some less observed aspects of this
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I followed up this piece with another on why lumping all 'nonwhite' groups together leads to bad analysis and bad policy on segregation
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/when-is...
I acknowledged that choice can lead to segregation, including in schools, tho noted some less observed aspects of this
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/when-is...
I acknowledged that choice can lead to segregation, including in schools, tho noted some less observed aspects of this
I stand by this conclusion. Of course there are challenges, but in neighbourhoods across Britain, people of different ethnicities are getting along, and forging a positive sense of community to which all can contribute and thrive
We can do better than grievance identity politics
We can do better than grievance identity politics
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I stand by this conclusion. Of course there are challenges, but in neighbourhoods across Britain, people of different ethnicities are getting along, and forging a positive sense of community to which all can contribute and thrive
We can do better than grievance identity politics
We can do better than grievance identity politics
From Wikipedia:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_...
The Monday Club policy was of voluntary repatriation, in 2001 seen as a policy too far right by the right of the Conservative Party
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_...
The Monday Club policy was of voluntary repatriation, in 2001 seen as a policy too far right by the right of the Conservative Party
October 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
From Wikipedia:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_...
The Monday Club policy was of voluntary repatriation, in 2001 seen as a policy too far right by the right of the Conservative Party
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monday_...
The Monday Club policy was of voluntary repatriation, in 2001 seen as a policy too far right by the right of the Conservative Party
The (now former) Bishop of London, on everyone deserving the wage needed to live, not just to survive
From this 2022 press release on a steering group focused on making London a living wage city
trustforlondon.org.uk/news/new-ste...
From this 2022 press release on a steering group focused on making London a living wage city
trustforlondon.org.uk/news/new-ste...
October 3, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The (now former) Bishop of London, on everyone deserving the wage needed to live, not just to survive
From this 2022 press release on a steering group focused on making London a living wage city
trustforlondon.org.uk/news/new-ste...
From this 2022 press release on a steering group focused on making London a living wage city
trustforlondon.org.uk/news/new-ste...
Turning to one intra-minority shared interaction, Muslims & Jews do not typically live in the same places. The area of Manchester which saw the horrific antisemitic attack on Yom Kippur yesterday is one of the exceptions
Image of 20 local authorities with the most (in numbers, not %) of each group
Image of 20 local authorities with the most (in numbers, not %) of each group
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Turning to one intra-minority shared interaction, Muslims & Jews do not typically live in the same places. The area of Manchester which saw the horrific antisemitic attack on Yom Kippur yesterday is one of the exceptions
Image of 20 local authorities with the most (in numbers, not %) of each group
Image of 20 local authorities with the most (in numbers, not %) of each group
Striking figures from the FT on the contribution of international students to UK universities income
October 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Striking figures from the FT on the contribution of international students to UK universities income
Reading the government announcement on post secondary or higher-level learning, the line is that the new target is 'up from' the current target of 50%
Taking into account the 'sub-target' of 10% being apprenticeships, that implies an higher education of rate of 56%
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Taking into account the 'sub-target' of 10% being apprenticeships, that implies an higher education of rate of 56%
www.gov.uk/government/n...
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Reading the government announcement on post secondary or higher-level learning, the line is that the new target is 'up from' the current target of 50%
Taking into account the 'sub-target' of 10% being apprenticeships, that implies an higher education of rate of 56%
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Taking into account the 'sub-target' of 10% being apprenticeships, that implies an higher education of rate of 56%
www.gov.uk/government/n...
In a 1987-88 debate G A Cohen noted an anti-anti-racist tendency to use a 'brinkmanship rhetoric of withdrawable insinuation' and warned that yes, of course, prejudice has deep psychological roots, w/ the 'power to insult, maim and kill'
This sort of tendency is now very mainstream
This sort of tendency is now very mainstream
August 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In a 1987-88 debate G A Cohen noted an anti-anti-racist tendency to use a 'brinkmanship rhetoric of withdrawable insinuation' and warned that yes, of course, prejudice has deep psychological roots, w/ the 'power to insult, maim and kill'
This sort of tendency is now very mainstream
This sort of tendency is now very mainstream
At Roosevelt Island
Freedom and rights are for everyone or they mean nothing
Freedom and rights are for everyone or they mean nothing
August 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
At Roosevelt Island
Freedom and rights are for everyone or they mean nothing
Freedom and rights are for everyone or they mean nothing
How my Congressman thinks we should celebrate the 4th of July, and what he thinks makes America
Pitifully narrow and negative, in a way I struggle to understand motivates anyone anywhere
Pitifully narrow and negative, in a way I struggle to understand motivates anyone anywhere
July 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
How my Congressman thinks we should celebrate the 4th of July, and what he thinks makes America
Pitifully narrow and negative, in a way I struggle to understand motivates anyone anywhere
Pitifully narrow and negative, in a way I struggle to understand motivates anyone anywhere
Yes, there are gaps in earnings btw free school meal graduates & their more advantaged peers. At the same time, for every qualification level FSM pupils will on average earn significantly more
One interpretation: education improves outcomes for all, but doesn't overturn structual class inequalities
One interpretation: education improves outcomes for all, but doesn't overturn structual class inequalities
July 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yes, there are gaps in earnings btw free school meal graduates & their more advantaged peers. At the same time, for every qualification level FSM pupils will on average earn significantly more
One interpretation: education improves outcomes for all, but doesn't overturn structual class inequalities
One interpretation: education improves outcomes for all, but doesn't overturn structual class inequalities
'A true Englishman is one that deserves a character, and I have nowhere lessened him, that I know of; but as for a true-born Englishman, I confess I do not understand him'
Daniel Defoe, THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN: A SATIRE (1701)
www.gutenberg.org/files/30159/...
[Content info: v rude in places]
Daniel Defoe, THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN: A SATIRE (1701)
www.gutenberg.org/files/30159/...
[Content info: v rude in places]
June 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
'A true Englishman is one that deserves a character, and I have nowhere lessened him, that I know of; but as for a true-born Englishman, I confess I do not understand him'
Daniel Defoe, THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN: A SATIRE (1701)
www.gutenberg.org/files/30159/...
[Content info: v rude in places]
Daniel Defoe, THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN: A SATIRE (1701)
www.gutenberg.org/files/30159/...
[Content info: v rude in places]
Below is their population pyramid
What happened? Why so few young but so many middle-aged White Irish? Did all the people in the middle not have children?
Obviously not. Rather, their children & grandchildren have opted for other boxes in the census, with White British their most likely identity
What happened? Why so few young but so many middle-aged White Irish? Did all the people in the middle not have children?
Obviously not. Rather, their children & grandchildren have opted for other boxes in the census, with White British their most likely identity
June 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Below is their population pyramid
What happened? Why so few young but so many middle-aged White Irish? Did all the people in the middle not have children?
Obviously not. Rather, their children & grandchildren have opted for other boxes in the census, with White British their most likely identity
What happened? Why so few young but so many middle-aged White Irish? Did all the people in the middle not have children?
Obviously not. Rather, their children & grandchildren have opted for other boxes in the census, with White British their most likely identity
I wrote this almost a decade ago
'Segregation isn't where white people are a minority'
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/segrega...
Those who now advocate that whiteness = Britishness then stated (at least publicly) that it was a well argued piece
'Segregation isn't where white people are a minority'
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/segrega...
Those who now advocate that whiteness = Britishness then stated (at least publicly) that it was a well argued piece
June 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I wrote this almost a decade ago
'Segregation isn't where white people are a minority'
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/segrega...
Those who now advocate that whiteness = Britishness then stated (at least publicly) that it was a well argued piece
'Segregation isn't where white people are a minority'
www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/segrega...
Those who now advocate that whiteness = Britishness then stated (at least publicly) that it was a well argued piece
My 13 year old's gift to me for Father's Day
June 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My 13 year old's gift to me for Father's Day