On this episode of Going Underground, we firstly speak to Claudia Webbe MP. She discusses how the killing of Mark Duggan by the police revealed the extent of institutional racism in the UK, the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement, being the chair of Operation Trident at the time when Mark Duggan was killed, the cover-up of the actual events surrounding the killing, whether Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick should resign and much more! Next, we speak to award-winning author Alex Wheatle MBE. He discusses why he argues Boris Johnson’s government is stoking racism and xenophobia among the British public, the prospect of another uprising similar to the one after the killing of Mark Duggan, Boris Johnson calling the use of stop and search ‘loving’, arguable impunity for British police officers who kill black people, the history of police brutality against black people in the UK and the backlashes the brutalities have caused, the younger generation’s lack of awareness about racism abroad, why Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party has decreased his hope for the future and much more.
