99 Quotes by Munira Mirza

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    After Brexit, we need to design a modern and fair immigration system which attracts talent and investment from the E.U. and the rest of the world.

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    No doubt many people working in race relations sincerely want to make things better. But by constantly drawing attention to race and policing ordinary behavior, they risk making things worse.

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    In times of stress, it is easy to look to one's weaknesses and fear the worst, but it is worth remembering that London's cultural strengths are not some ephemeral dot-com bubble; they are a real, tangible legacy of decades of investment in talent.

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    But everyone, including ethnic minorities, should be worried about how anti-racism is becoming weaponized across the political spectrum - how a lot of people in politics think it's a good idea to exaggerate the problem of racism.

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    There is a large number of people who see immigration has been very positive and engaging with the world and cooperating is the future. It is the E.U. which stops us doing that sensibly and intelligently.

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    Differences in racial outcomes are not the same thing as institutional racism any more than the fact that far more men than women are locked up is evidence of institutional sexism.

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    I have met people who have received E.U. funding and regretted it.

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    London centre has a wealth of creative activity but there are parts of London where there isn't a cinema or where library provision is quite weak.

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    It shouldn't be that people think the National Gallery is just for middle-class white people.

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