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  State of London Debate 2006 | Speakers | Ben Summerskill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ben is also a member of the steering group appointed by the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to establish a new Commission for Equality & Human Rights.
He is a co-opted member of the executive of the Fabian Society, advising on research and diversity.
Previously, Ben was Assistant Editor of the Observer.
www.london.gov.uk /stateoflondon/speakers/summerskill.jsp   (80 words)

  
 Ben Summerskill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His grandmother (Baroness) Edith Summerskill and his aunt (Dr) Shirley Summerskill were both Labour Members of Parliament and government ministers.
Edith Summerskill was an early advocate of Britain's free National Health Service.
Ben Summerskill is an occasional contributor to The Guardian.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben_Summerskill   (351 words)

  
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Big-hitters Lord Herman Ouseley and Ben Summerskill, whose views are respected across the equalities spectrum, described the sort of leader who should take control of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR).
But anti-racist campaigners claimed the qualities that Lord Ouseley and Mr Summerskill described as necessary for the chairman of the CEHR were not found in abundance in Trevor Phillips, the present Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) chairman.
Mr Summerskill, who had been mooted as a possible candidate for CEHR chair in the past but is understood not to have applied, said the most important quality was being able to bridge the divides between different equalities lobbies.
www.blink.org.uk /pdescription.asp?key=12024   (819 words)

  
 Jeffrey Turner: Big Brother of the Silver Screen
In a report by Ben Summerskill, it was stated that the new company "will become ITV's largest broadcaster, reaching 37 million people in 15 million homes."
Lord Hollick said, upon the announcement of the merger, that it was "a matter of pride" that the new company would be a media player on the international stage.
Summerskill's prediction that the legislation needed to sanction this even bigger merger is "increasingly likely" begs the question of whether he knows something the rest of us don't know.
www.spearhead.com /0001-jtu.html   (492 words)

  
 Ranulph Fiennes. A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey from the Inner City to the Ivy League, Henson, inadvertent ...
In this slim book Randall Kennedy investigates the social history of Nigger, a racial slur used for centuries to bring insult and degradation upon the Black population particularly in the Jim Crow South.
Guardian writer Ben Summerskill may be as confused and mistaken with historical facts as many non-experts are.
These seem to me to simply reiterates the words of second or third hand sources who were parroting the vindictive book written by colossal fraud Fred Cook in 1911.
www.pearyhenson.org /polarcontroversy/sorebritishlosers/sorebrits1.htm   (1686 words)

  
 Ranulph Fiennes rejects Henson, Mind Over Matter, Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Bt., Ranulph Fiennes OBE
Ranulph Fiennes casts new doubts on Arctic feat of 1909 explorers Ben Summerskill, society editor Observer, Sunday December 31, 2000.
So to pass on the benefit of that scholarly lecture I have noted, point by point, several items from Ben Summerskill's piece to illustrate this.
They seem to me to simply reiterates the words of second or third hand sources who were parroting the vindictive book written by colossal fraud Fred Cook in 1911.
www.you-got-mail.com /sorebritishlosers/sorebrits1.htm   (1710 words)

  
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Gay.com UK, 18 November, 2004 : Leading gay rights groups across the country are responding to the news today that the Civil Partnerships bill has passed its final obstacle and is on its way to becoming law.
Leading gay rights groups across the country are responding to the news today that the Civil Partnerships bill has passed its final obstacle and is on its way to becoming law.
"Finally, the House of Lords has recognised that Britain is a tolerant twenty-first century nation," chief executive Ben Summerskill said.
indorgs.virginia.edu /uvapride/view_news.php?newsID=264   (564 words)

  
 imp-143 Glad to be Tory
Afterwards, over coffee and biscuits-a ritual more associated with constituency scrabble tournaments than with heart-to-hearts about the party's sexuality-campaigners and candidates discussed the problems of "elgeebeetees" (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people).
All this from the party whose rejection a couple of years ago of Michael Portillo, the front-running leadership candidate, was put down by many to his admission of a homosexual encounter; the party that, according to Ben Summerskill of Stonewall, a gay rights group, had a culture of homophobia in its headquarters.
According to the British Social Attitudes survey, 70% of Britons thought homosexuality was wrong in 1985; by 2000 that had dropped to 47%.
www.yawningbread.org /apdx_2004/imp-143.htm   (490 words)

  
 : : : OUTinLondon - The Gay Resource Guide for London : : :
Barclays has just received research which showed that gays and lesbians enjoy a combined annual income of £60 billion.
Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, told the newspaper.
For the first time the government has robustly acknowledged the existence of a substantial number of gay people in Britain.
www.outinlondon.com /news/148.htm   (352 words)

  
 Gay.com UK | Articles by Ben Summerskill
Section 28 has finally been consigned to the political dustbin.
Stonewall Chief Executive Ben Summerskill celebrates the death of the "repulsive" law, and why its passing is good news for all of us.
That's completely false, says Ben Summerskill, new chief executive of Stonewall.
uk.gay.com /byauthor/bsummerskill/o=d   (82 words)

  
 News & Politics
The figures have shocked gay rights campaigners, who are calling for more action against perpetrators of hate crimes.
However, there also needs to be a clamp down on the "acceptable homophobia" that exists in modern culture and politics, Stonewall's Ben Summerskill told the newspaper.
Stonewall is now calling for the government to push ahead with its plans to extend current provisions on incitement to racial hatred to include anti-gay hatred, too.
www.planetout.com /pno/news/article.html?2004/11/08/3   (391 words)

  
 Ben Summerskill: Why would you want to go to public school? | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ben Summerskill: Why would you want to go to public school?
Perhaps, as a last-ditch defence, public schools will soon seek to explain the tuition of their charges as preparing them for the 21st, rather than the 19th or 20th, century.
Just look how many of their alumni, from Will Young (Wellington) to Ben Fogle (Bryanston) end up on reality TV.
www.guardian.co.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /g2/story/0,,1470182,00.html   (1203 words)

  
 Gay News From 365Gay.com
"Manchester City should be congratulated for putting their head above the parapet and moving into the 21st century," said Stonewall leader Ben Summerskill.
Summerskill said that in the next few weeks Manchester City will meet with the Diversity Champions team to set goals for the football club.
He called it a win win situation for both gays and clubs, pointing out that a gay-friendly environment would attract more straight fans- particularly families put off by the current homophobic taunts that blight games.
www.365gay.com /Newscon06/08/082706manu.htm   (313 words)

  
 Co-op Bank takes account away from Christian Voice - news from ekklesia
Ben Summerskill, CEO of the respected gay charity Stonewall, said that the bank’s action seemed sensible and appropriate.
A number of MPs are calling for such protection to be added to the controversial Racial and Religious Hatred bill, which will protect some religious minorities against similar attacks for the first time.
Government minister Ben Bradshaw, the Labour MP for Exeter, said that he hoped people who sympathised with Christian Voice might now be prepared to reconsider their views and to adopt a more open approach to issues of sexuality.
www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_050625voice.shtml   (870 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | UK | England | Manchester | Man City's gay recruitment drive
Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill described Man City's decision as a "significant step" for English football.
Mr Summerskill said: "The work can range from looking at recruitment processes to what's already going on in the workplace, to developing marketing strategies.
Mr Summerskill said he believed that a more gay-friendly environment would attract more straight fans, as well as homosexuals, because families were more likely to attend an atmosphere free from homophobic abuse.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/england/manchester/5290534.stm   (270 words)

  
 Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military | UCSB   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The partnership, to be announced tomorrow, will provide the template for a wider change in the culture of the armed forces.
Ben Summerskill, chief executive of Stonewall, said: "We hope that the RAF and the army will be following shortly."
Vice-Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, Second Sea Lord, said he looked forward to working with Stonewall, whose founders include Sir Ian McKellen, the actor.
www.gaymilitary.ucsb.edu /PressClips/05_0220_TimesBritain.htm   (659 words)

  
 ZNet Commentary: Force-feeding The Dream
In reality, in the vast majority of cases, they still end up working very hard to make somebody else rich.
And the advertisements which encouraged them to believe consumption was the root of all happiness have been strongly instrumental in creating discontent with their bodies and personalities." (Summerskill, ibid)
For hundreds of years Western propaganda has worked, sometimes unconsciously but often consciously, to persuade both Western and Third World peoples of the vast superiority of Western corporate-driven high-tech culture over all other 'primitive' cultures, which may be safely consigned to the dustbin of history.
www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2002-09/09edwards.cfm   (1603 words)

  
 UK Gay News - Gay People ‘Almost Invisible’ on BBC Flagship Channels
“The stark conclusion of this major exercise is that gay licence-payers receive astonishingly poor value from the BBC,” says Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill.
Gay innuendo was broadcast across a wide range of programmes in spite of BBC editorial guidelines which explicitly require staff to avoid “offensive or stereotypical assumptions”.
“The BBC has made strenuous efforts in the last five years to serve minority ethnic viewers more effectively,” says Ben Summerskill.
www.ukgaynews.org.uk /Archive/2006feb/2801.htm   (785 words)

  
 Delight at government hate crime amendment
That's a disgrace in a modern country, but this change in the law will help to address that problem," said Ben Summerskill.
Stonewall worked with a number of organisations that represent disabled people, including the DRC, the RNIB, Mencap, the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and the Law Society in lobbying for that change.
"We're now calling on Peers and MPs of all parties to support the amendment," said Ben Summerskill.
www.thevillage.org.uk /displaystory.php?recordID=169   (329 words)

  
 05/06/01 -- Drivers urged: Boycott Esso and help to save the planet
A unique partnership between leading environmental pressure groups is hoping to force the oil giant Exxon into action on climate change.
Anthony Browne and Ben Summerskill report on the latest show of consumer power
By Anthony Browne and Ben Summerskill Additional reporting: Oliver Morgan
www.climateark.org /articles/2001/2nd/druresso.htm   (1099 words)

  
 cannabisnews.com: Revealed: Britain's Drug Habit
cannabisnews.com: Revealed: Britain's Drug Habit   Revealed: Britain's Drug Habit Posted by FoM on April 20, 2002 at 22:00:14 PT By Ben Summerskill and Kamal Ahmed  Source: Observer UK  More than half of Britain's 16- to 24-year-olds have taken illegal drugs, according to one of the most extensive studies undertaken into the growing drug culture.
The news comes as the Government prepares a significant relaxation of drugs laws, The Observer can reveal.
Drugs Uncovered: Observer Special: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/drugs/0,11908,686419,00.htmlSource: Observer, The (UK)Author: Ben Summerskill and Kamal AhmedPublished: Sunday, April 21, 2002Copyright: 2002 The ObserverContact: letters observer.co.ukWebsite: http://www.observer.co.uk/ Detailed Report: Drugs Uncovered: Observer Specialhttp://www.freedomtoexhale.com/dc.htmTime To Be Adult About Drugs http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread12593.shtmlBoom or Bust?
www.cannabisnews.com /news/thread12594.shtml   (1041 words)

  
 ThirdSector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In this issue, Ben Summerskill of Stonewall suggests gay people are
But I don't think it's any worse than anywhere else.
Summerskill said was that the voluntary sector is falling behind the
www.thirdsector.co.uk /charity_news/full_news.cfm?ID=18452   (778 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Way We Are Now: Gay And Lesbian Lives in the 21st Century: Books: Ben Summerskill (via CobWeb/3.1 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Amazon.com: The Way We Are Now: Gay And Lesbian Lives in the 21st Century: Books: Ben Summerskill (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)
The Editor of the book is Ben Summerskill, Chief Executive of Stonewall UK.
A proportion of the royalties will be donated to Stonewall UK.
www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Way-We-Are-Now-Lesbian/dp/0826487858   (816 words)

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