The Independent

‘Like you, I was outraged by the news about the Windrush generation – but you haven’t heard the half of it’

Elwaldo is a grandfather. I’ve met his daughter. I’ve been speaking to him almost every day for the past two weeks. He moved to the UK from Antigua when he was four years old. Now he has been told to report to the government every two weeks

As Caribbean nations call for compensation, it’s time for Britain to

Maybe if there had been sugar or cotton plantations in Surrey, Yorkshire or in Devon the reality of enslavement would be received differently today

Patrick Vernon is a social commentator and campaigner and has been at the forefront of several high-profile campaigns on cultural heritage and social justice in the UK over the last decade. He has used experience in senior management in the voluntary and public sector plus his passion in for cultural history to develop new models of thinking around transformation changes in service development, equalities, innovative thinking for social change. He is a trained life coach and mediator where his experience and knowledge has been used for leadership development and public speaking from grass roots organisations to public and private bodies.