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Trevor Phillips

Mark Trevor Phillips OBE ARCS FIC (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician. In March 2015, Phillips was appointed as the President of the Partnership Council of the John Lewis Partnership for a three-year term. His is the first external appointment since 1928.

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It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.

Catholic, Doors, Law, Men, Right, Stop

There's no question that there is more anti-religion noise in Britain.

Anti Religion, Britain, Noise, Question

There's no secret about my ambition, I do not want to go into the House of Commons. My only real political interest is in London and if one day I'm in a position to run for mayor, then terrific.

Ambition, Day, Real, Run, Running

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.

Black, Extra, Males, Necessary, Teacher, Teachers

Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.

Child, Children, Law, Make, Running, Under

Prison service vans that travel 90 miles to take a prisoner 90 yards; paedophiles free to leer at children in the very parks where they have committed horrific crimes.

Children, Crimes, Horrific, Parks, Yards

You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.

Decide, Different, Law, Needs, Say, Set

I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian.

Asian, Black, Brought, People

To me there's nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different and therefore the law shouldn't apply to us. Why not then say sharia can be applied to different parts of the country? It doesn't work.

Agency, Country, Law, Methodist, Rules, Say

I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the conventional churches face - that the people who are really driving their revival and success believe in an old-time religion which, in my view, is incompatible with a modern, multi-ethnic, multicultural society.

Believe, Real, Think, Thinking, View

Bleak House by Charles Dickens is my favourite book.

Bleak, Book, Charles, Favourite, House

I ask questions, and a large part of my life has been spent asking questions of Ken Livingstone.

Asking, Asking Questions, Has Beens, Life, Livingstone, Spent

The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.

Christian, Discrimination, Likely, Religion, Religious, Slighted

Human rights are not worthy of the name if they do not protect the people we don't like as well as those we do.

Like, Names, People, Protect, Rights

Across the board, people are looking at the problem, but simply not changing anywhere near fast enough.

Across, Boards, Enough, People, Problem

Most liberal-minded folk would like to think that since they are not hostile to people of a different race, racism is a disease of the uneducated, unenlightened and socially backward - football hooligans, British National Party supporters, policemen. You could call this the Bad Guy Theory. But the Bad Guy Theory does not explain why Indian-heritage children do nearly twice as well as Pakistani-heritage children at GCSE.

Children, Football, Like, Party, Supporters, Twice

My brother and I have too good a relationship to spoil it by working together.

Brother, Good, Spoil, Together, Working, Working Together