On the day the greatest (Muhammad Ali ) celebrates his 70th birthday it is poignant to look at the state of Race Relations in the UK. The denouement of the Stephen Lawrence murder trial last week descended into a characteristic moment of high Dickensian farce ; The week following the cold blooded execution of a Indian youth ( for being Indian), the press’ latest obsession became Diana Abbott’s Twitter account with the accusation that the honorary member for Haringey was a Racist. It has taken 19 years for the Lawrence family to achieve any

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