Trevor phillips

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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...

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

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.