Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary was previously married to Trevor Phillips (1981). ", THEY SAY "Trevor's weakness is that he assumes you are achieving your job if you're in the newspapers all the time. [citation needed]. "We are in a different world from the 1970s. Publicity Listings All I would say is: it's not an automatic option. In the coming months the equalities bill will pass through parliament, seeking to consolidate more than 100 existing acts of anti-discrimination legislation into a coherent philosophy of equality for the 21st century. But others might consider the notion of economic equality as an inalienable human right - analogous to gender or racial equality - absurd if not anti-democratic. 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French Embassy in London: Mr Trevor Phillips made Chevalier de la Lgion dHonneur. He returned to Britain for his higher education at Imperial College, London, where he enrolled as a chemistry undergraduate. His parents, from. The extension of flexible working hours for parents, for example, was attacked by business leaders as unaffordable, despite Phillips' assurances that it would work to their advantage by making their staff more productive. "I know I'm always on a hiding to nothing when I get technical about equality and discrimination, because people like them to be grand religious phrases." He was invited to advise the French government and in September 2007 was awarded the Chevalier de la Lgion d'Honneur. I understand what it is to hear that she may not live long enough to go to university. He is a producer and writer, known for Britain's Slave Trade(1999), Windrush(1998) and Kiri(2018). He has been married to Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary since July 25, 1981. We meet in the glassy offices of the EHRC overlooking the Thames, which are every bit as sleek and polished as Phillips, who always looks as if he has just been dry cleaned. At LWT he worked again with Peter Mandelson, who was best man at his 1981 wedding to Asha Bhownagary, a Parsee child psychologist. If you look at the figures one way, there is clear evidence of discrimination against state school pupils but no one is making that argument," she said. The romantic outing comes just a few months after the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) publicly admitted splitting from his . "Yeah, but we can help people not do that. "The point is that the history of our work has rightly been, until the last decade, a history largely about anti-discrimination. We're not a pressure group. ", Presumably, I suggest, this is why phone-in callers think he'll come round and have them locked up. 'Maybe I'll become a footballer, and I don't need to read to become a professional footballer,' " he said. Why would you want to do something else?" But aren't those the very people likely to commit the 1,000 acts of unthinking unkindness? Phillips's tenure as EHRC chairman is the longest for any individual in any similar position in the UK. Still, he had his reward. [37][38] He was the cofounder and director of Pepper Productions, an independent television production company, now dormant following the demise of co-founder Charles Armitage. National identity, he said, is about more than symbols like the Queen and the flag. More than 95 per cent of pupils at Westminster achieve an A or B grade at A-level. Born in England in 1953, the seventh child of a working-class immigrant family with no money but high aspirations, he was schooled between London and Guyana, and elected president of the National Union of Students on a Broad Left ticket. He now lives in Crouch End, north London. ", 'The task today is not to shout for black people or women, but to break the grip of white men who went to public school. [4][5], Phillips worked initially as a researcher for London Weekend Television (LWT), before being promoted to head of current affairs in 1992, remaining in the post until 1994. Edinburgh made a similar statement on the subject only recently.". And that's why I'm here', Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission Photograph: David Levene/Guardian, The G2 interview: Decca Aitkenhead meets Trevor Phillips, he head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was sitting in the back of a taxi, half listening to the radio, when something caught his attention. This is not a question of freedom of speech, this is a juvenile provocation." Phillips's supporters discount such attacks. It was now the Muslim community, and Phillips seemed unable to get a handle on the change. Prof Broadfoot claimed, however, that most universities were following a similar policy. FRSA 1995. ", Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. 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Among his student associates where Peter Mandelson, who went on to become the architect of New Labour, and Charles Clarke, later Education Secretary. "I can't remember what the topic was, but they were having a phone-in. He stated in an ITV interview: "One point of Britishness is that people can say what they like about the way we should live, however absurd, however unpopular it is. These themes avoid conflict with government, and lay the blame with black and Asian people for their own plight.". He opposed National Front marches, led sit-ins, and was elected the first black president of the National Union of Students. [18] Phillips has subsequently cited recent work by, amongst others, Professor Eric Kaufmann of Birkbeck College, London showing that white and non-white segregation in London and Birmingham has increased during the census period to 2011. FAMILY Married to Asha Bhownagary; two daughters, EDUCATION Queen's College boys' school, Georgetown, Guyana; chemistry at Imperial College, London. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Male Officers of the Order of the British Empire Recipients, Officers of the Order of the British Empire List II. The daughter of the anti-racism campaigner and broadcaster Trevor Phillips has died after a 22-year battle with anorexia. But the core of his networking is among those at the heart of the New Labour project. Many thought he was playing into the hands of the right-wing anti-immigration lobby, but he stuck to his line. [12], Although Dobson won the nomination, his candidature was harmed by the perception that the contest was "fixed" by the use of an electoral college. He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's Honors List for his services to journalism. Our mission is about promoting equality. Considering the city an unfit place for children, they sent Trevor to a school in Guyana - an "Edwardian" experience, he later said, of old-fashioned discipline, uniforms, detentions, tough lessons and corporal punishment. There is, as Inayat Bunglawala of the Muslim Council of Britain puts it, with considerable understatement, "concern about his ability to take an independent approach from the Home Office on key issues to do with minority groups". The Labour Party designated Phillips as a member of the London Assembly on 4 May 2000 as one of its "top-up" candidates. He ended up as head of current affairs, and launched his own production company, Pepper Productions, which made him a lot of money - though, like all rich folk, he describes himself merely as "comfortable". In the autumn Phillips will reach the end of his three-year term in charge of Britain's biggest quango, and discover whether or not it will be renewed. If his tenure were to be judged on his record for provoking both left and right alike, it would have to be ruled an outstanding success. "When we talk about systemic bias, we're talking about something that's rooted in a culture of disregard of other people. She was one of the wisest, kindest, strongest and funniest people I knew. His long-standing friendship with Peter Mandelson (who worked with Phillips at LWT and was best man at his first wedding) brought him close to the New Labour project and he became friendly with Tony Blair. They have two children. ", Mr Woolley, and Peter Herbert, chairman of the Society of Black Lawyers and an unsuccessful candidate for the job, expressed disappointment that Mr Phillips would not be a full-time chairman. When our life ceases to be inward and private, conversation degenerates into mere gossip.Henry David Thoreau (18171862). Actually I've no interest in that.
He does so with unfailing grace and good humour, and evident enjoyment, and is open about hoping his term will be extended when it comes up for review this autumn. Mr Phillips, 49, was born in Islington, north London, and went to school at White Hart Lane school in Tottenham, a grammar that turned comprehensive while he was a pupil. Member (Labour), since 2000 and deputy chairman, 2001-May 2002, London Assembly, Greater London Authority (chairman, 2000-01), Married: Asha Bhownagary, 1981; two daughters. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The romantic outing comes just a few months after the head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) publicly admitted splitting from his wife of 28 years, Asha Bhownagary. After retirement, he continued to chair numerous corporate and social boards. It does at least confine itself to the commission's obvious brief of gender, race and disability. [54], He received a knighthood in the 2022 New Year Honours in recognition of his services to equality and human rights. Help us build our profile of Trevor Phillips! He added it was hard to imagine any family would knowingly ignore such distress. Contribute. In 1978 he was elected president of the National Union of Students as a candidate for the Broad Left. He has been married to Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary since July 25, 1981. Mr Herbert said: "It's the sort of thing you should do full-time. The former left-wing. [16], In 2006, Livingstone accused Phillips of "pandering to the right" so much that he "would soon join the BNP". Click to reveal There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. [citation needed], In 2006 Phillips said that Britain's current approach to multiculturalism could cause Britain to "sleepwalk towards segregation". [citation needed] He has been a member of the board of the Barbican Arts Centre,[39] the Council of Aldeburgh Music, and a trustee of the Social Mobility Foundation, among other charities. So we took the fattest book we had in the house, and I watched my first football match standing on a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin." [15] The suspension was lifted in July 2021. [45] However, he was told his behaviour was "inappropriate and ill-advised". Mr Phillips takes over as the CRE assumes tough new powers to tackle racism under the Race Relations Amendment Act, which was passed in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry. Sushila Phillips, 36, passed away "peacefully" in her mother's arms. Phillips described Livingstone's offer as "patronising" in a response that was seen as an accusation of racism, though Phillips later denied this. If I start walking, everybody can tell I'm foreign, because I'm walking twice as fast. And frankly you are judged by that". She went peacefully, in her own bed, in our mums arms. Mr Phillips, a New Labour supporter, had been heavily tipped to. If parliament believes it can't do anything about this problem, then it should shut up about it and stop wringing its hands. Black figures such as the MP Diane Abbott have accused Phillips of being too close to the Government. [32], Phillips was suspended from the Labour Party pending investigation into alleged Islamophobia based on his past statements, a move which he called "Corbynista payback" and "pure political gangsterism". So it would be ridiculous for us, the equalities commission, to say, 'Oh, we're only interested in race and gender and disability. Sir Mark Trevor Phillips OBE ARCS FIC (born 31 December 1953) is a British writer, broadcaster and former politician who served as Chair of the London Assembly from 2000 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003. But we won. "I was so small that I couldn't see over the parapet. [31] A Home Office report subsequently showed child sexual abuse gangs were typically divided on race lines, but more widely that the majority of child sex offenders were made up of white men under the age of 30.
But Phillips did not seek to enter politics, like his peers. It is about behaviour. The eldest daughter of former broadcaster and politician Trevor Phillips has died after a decades-long battle with anorexia. I have met the girls with whom she shared the hellish wards reserved for the most distressed, and learnt not to look away when she tells me that Ill never see one of them again because she has taken her own life.. Trevor's first wife was the interesting Parsi Indian Asha Bhownagary, another crackpot leftie who self-describes as a 'psychotherapist, author, lecturer, mindfulness teacher, lover of meditation, neuroscience, pilates, chi qong, dancing, Beatles, chamber music and Rafa'. The English degreee course that Sushila applied for is one of the most oversubscribed, with 1,500 applications for 47 places. He prefers to use terms like "systemic bias" rather than institutional racism - but what exactly does he mean? Mr Phillips, 49, who was born in London to parents from Guyana, is a former president of the National Union of Students who has spent most of his career in television, rising to become head of current affairs at LWT. Read more about this topic: Trevor Phillips, Im afraid, sir, that I gave up my belief in goblins, witches, personal devils and werewolves at the age of six.John Colton (18861946), Just so hollow and ineffectual, for the most part, is our ordinary conversation. Griffin has since hit back at Phillips by declaring him a "black racist" in an interview given to Channel 4. The biggest things that are driving inequality today are class, place, culture and sometimes structure in institutions. Following the suspension, Phillips defended his comments about British Muslims on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Mr Phillips said that Bristol's admissions policy would discriminate against many black and Asian families who send their children to private school to escape racism within the state system. As four out of five sitting MPs currently stand for re-election, any other measure to increase diversity of intake would be limited, he reasons, to just one fifth of the house, making progress unacceptably slow. It was said to be dogged by controversies and internal dissent. Now that's what I think this next stage is about. His wife is Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary (25 July 1981 - present) ( 2 children) Trevor Phillips Net Worth His net worth has been growing significantly in 2020-2021. So, how much is Trevor Phillips worth at the age of 68 years old? Phillips served as chairman of the Assembly until February 2003, resigning his seat to take up his appointment at the Commission for Racial Equality. Sushila Phillips, 36,a freelance journalist, died peacefully in her own bed in our mums arms, according to her sister, Holiday, 33. Prof Patricia Broadfoot, the pro-vice chancellor of Bristol University, defended the admissions policy that has seen the proportion of private school undergraduates fall from 42 per cent in 1998 to 39 per cent. Trevor Phillips net worth Feb, 2023 Trevor Phillips net worth 115 Million Millions of dollars 99% Net worth score Disclamer: Trevor Phillips net worth displayed here are calculated based on a combination social factors. Mr Phillips, 55, was seen hand-in-hand with TV producer Helen Veale who is 16 years younger near her flat in North-West London, just a couple of miles from his marital home in Crouch End. Married equality chief Trevor Phillips looks happy and relaxed as he strolls in the morning sunshine with the new woman in his life. Trevor Phillips was first married in 1981 to Asha Bhownagary. And if some of those are economic then I think it's our business to say to government, whatever government it is, if you really want gender or race equality it won't be enough to give them remedies against discrimination, you have to remove some of the structural biases in the system.". Who is Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary dating? 21:42 GMT 16 May 2009 "A large number of parents from ethnic minorities, especially Asian families, go into debt to send their children to independent schools because they believe that it will help their children escape the disadvantage that they might otherwise face in the state system. [27], Responses to the documentary were mixed. Now, Mr Phillips spends most of his time at Ms Veale's 220,000 first-floor flat in Kentish Town and has his own set of keys to the property. Critics infer from them the counter-intuitive instinct of a professional controversialist. "Well, I can't not, because people keep asking me about it. He has been married to Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary since 25 July 1981. The university's departments have individual targets for state school students. "And he was not," he adds, "unserious.". If class is afforded the permanent legal status afforded to race or gender, the political implications will be profound. ", Is there anything at all which couldn't conceivably fall within the range of his remit? "Not really," he says at first. In the event, the Brown government maintained the limit on detention without charge at 28 days (although in practice a 14-day limit was observed). Ministers hope the stringent selection process, overseen by an independent recruitment company, will dispel any allegations of cronyism. Sushila Phillip died peacefully in her mother's arms aged 36, her sister Holiday confirmed in a Facebook post.. Ms Veale, 39, wore a blue dress top with jeans, carried a matching blue bag and had her hair up. Personally, I tell him, I'd find it thrilling. Family (1) Spouse And this big gorilla? The Phillips paradox had been set. When he returned to London it was to study chemistry at Imperial College. Under his leadership, six of the body's commissioners departed after expressing concerns about his leadership and probity and others were reported to be considering their position. Who cares about their anguish that there aren't enough ethnic minority people in parliament, if they won't do anything about it? The campaigner wrote that Sushila had received regular treatment at a specialist medical unit when the daily struggle against her demons proves just too exhausting., He added: Though I have thankfully never sunk to the despair described by the duchess, our family has spent more than two decades watching helplessly as my older daughter battled a severe eating disorder.. And a caller rang in and said, 'They'll send that Trevor Phillips round, won't they, to put us in the nick.'" Nobody would ever mistake Phillips for a communist, but he has always been loosely on the left. Phillips met his former wife, a child psychologist, as a student, and the couple have two grown-up daughters, Sushila and Holly. he laughs. . He has won three Royal Television Society (RTS) awards, including Documentary Series of the Year for Windrush in 1999. Exactly how she would have wanted it. At LWT he worked again with Peter Mandelson, who was best man at his 1981 wedding to Asha Bhownagary, a Parsee child psychologist. It was only in 1996 that he actually joined the Labour Party, though this was chiefly because he felt that his role in television barred him from holding a party card. [26] Phillips own analysis for The Sunday Times asserted that the reference to the creation of a "nation within a nation" is not to Muslims as a whole, but to a significant minority and that the documentary acknowledged the diversity among British Muslims. Failure is not something of which anyone could accuse Trevor Phillips, who is to be the first head of the new Commission for Equalities and Human Rights, which will cover the entire range of anti-discrimination, from gender, sexual orientation, disability and other minority interests to, eventually, race. He was born in London, in 1953, to Guyanese parents, the last of seven children. His father was a British Railways clerk, his mother a seamstress. And a caller rang in and said, 'They'll send that. [19], After the 2005 riots in France, Phillips warned that "inequality, race and powerlessness" can be "incendiary". Mr Blunkett said: "As chair of the commission, Mr Phillips will play a vital part in bringing about real and lasting change, providing the leadership and vision to help achieve race equality across the UK. The daughter of the anti-racism campaigner and broadcaster Trevor Phillips has died after a 22-year battle with anorexia. He has been married to Asha Aline Francine Bhownagary since 25 July 1981. [28] Simon Woolley, founder of Operation Black Vote, said the documentary pandered to prejudice, treated Muslims as a monolithic group and gave "no historical or social/political context". Get your need-to-know Though I have no disagreement with greater access, I would have hoped that universities and the Government would have a slightly more sophisticated policy than simply 'blacklisting' independent schools. "But it is to try and remove the barriers to allow people to realise their potential. And it's flourishing now not as grand acts of discrimination, or bigotry, that everyone can see in Technicolor, but a much more subtle and difficult set of actions. That was right. He presented Trevor Phillips on Sunday, a Sunday morning talk show on Sky News, from 2021 to 2022. Mr Phillips confirmed he had split from his wife, saying in a statement: My wife and I separated in February 2008. He briefly became Labour leader on the London Assembly, before being appointed by the then Home Secretary, David Blunkett, to the 94,000-a-year job as chair of the Commission for Racial Equality in 2003. Admirers include Andrew Morton, biographer of Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn, who owed his first break in television to Phillips. "Hip-hop stars and so forth - what are they? Following the installation of a ConservativeLiberal Democrat coalition government, the limit was in January 2011 allowed to revert to 14 days. Announcing the news on Facebook, Holiday wrote: Dear all my beloved sister Sushi passed away on Sunday morning after a 22-year battle with anorexia. That isn't actually the case" - Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London, Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. [citation needed]. ", Simon Woolley, the national coordinator for Operation Black Vote, said: "We welcome the appointment. 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