Black communities reject Labour as policies hit them hard
JVL Introduction
In fact this disillusion is wider even than the Labour Party but they are in government and have long been accused of taking the support of Black and Asian communities for granted. In fact both major Parties are hemorrhaging members and support from all communities but this specific rejection by Black communities is rooted in a failure to understand (at best) or care (at worst) about how racism works in the UK. A particular trigger has been the plans to reduce the right to a trial by Jury.
“We are disproportionately stopped and searched, arrested, charged and remanded, we are given longer sentences. Only 1% of judges in England and Wales are Black. So if juries are replaced with judge-only trials, then what happens is overwhelmingly white.”
The article also notes that the fact that some of the people promoting policies that further disadvantage Black people are themselves Black but say Operation Black Vote, this does legitimise institutional racism.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian on Mon 9 Mar 2026. Read the original here.
Labour in ‘deep trouble’ with Black voters, Operation Black Vote chair warns
David Weaver says proposed jury reforms and slow progress on equality risk eroding support in marginal seats
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Black communities reject Labour as policies hit them hard…….they are not alone in seeing through KS. I have just been able to get Paul Holden’s book “The Fraud” from the library and the first few pages confirmed everything I imagined times 100. The Current LP is not interested in justice at any level and least of all within the party. Yet still the MSM will not really do the job needed as laid out (I hope, having just started reading) Paul Holden’s book.