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==Career==
==Career==
He is a leading member of the centre left pressure group, [[Compass (think tank)|Compass]], on whose management committee he sits, and often speaks on its behalf in the media,<ref>[http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/investnews/article.htm?WBCMODE=3DP?ArticleID=18315053 "Expert calls for IHT threshold to be held"], Investment News, London Stock Exchange, 12 October 2007</ref>. He is also the organisation’s legal advisor.
He is a leading member of the centre left pressure group, [[Compass (think tank)|Compass]], on whose management committee he sits, and often speaks on its behalf in the media,<ref>[http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/investnews/article.htm?WBCMODE=3DP?ArticleID=18315053 "Expert calls for IHT threshold to be held"], Investment News, London Stock Exchange, 12 October 2007</ref>.


Umunna has written for ''[[the Financial Times]]''<ref>Umunna, Chuka, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a832e19a-4185-11db-b4ab-0000779e2340.html “Ask the expert: Diversity in the City”], Financial Times, 11 September 2006</ref>, ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'', ''[[the Voice (newspaper)|the Voice]]'', ''[[the Guardian]]'', ''[[the New Statesman]]''<ref>Umunna, Chuka, [http://www.newstatesman.com/200708300012 “The duty to inspire”], New Statesman, 30 August 2007</ref> and is one of ''the Guardian’s'' [[Comment is free]] website contributors.
Umunna has written for ''[[the Financial Times]]''<ref>Umunna, Chuka, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a832e19a-4185-11db-b4ab-0000779e2340.html “Ask the expert: Diversity in the City”], Financial Times, 11 September 2006</ref>, ''[[Tribune (magazine)|Tribune]]'', ''[[the Voice (newspaper)|the Voice]]'', ''[[the Guardian]]'', ''[[the New Statesman]]''<ref>Umunna, Chuka, [http://www.newstatesman.com/200708300012 “The duty to inspire”], New Statesman, 30 August 2007</ref> and is one of ''the Guardian’s'' [[Comment is free]] website contributors. He also occassionally appears on television and radio including on [[The Daily Politics|''The Daily Politics'']] on [[BBC2|BBC2]] and ''Question Time Extra'' on [[BBC News 24|BBC News 24]].


He is the founder and editor of the online political magazine, TMP, which is primarily aimed at left leaning British Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. Contributors to the site include Baroness Prosser, [[David Lammy]] MP, [[Keith Vaz]] MP and [[Jon Cruddas]] MP (Umunna was a campaign aide to Cruddas during his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] Deputy Leadership campaign). Umunna is a member of the executive committee of the Black Socialist Society <ref>Holloway, Lester, [http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=11850&grp=66 "Leading our own struggle"], 21 June 2006</ref>, an affiliate of the Labour Party.
He is the founder and editor of the online political magazine, TMP, which is primarily aimed at left leaning British Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. Contributors to the site include Baroness Prosser, [[David Lammy]] MP, [[Keith Vaz]] MP and [[Jon Cruddas]] MP (Umunna was a campaign aide to Cruddas during his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] Deputy Leadership campaign). Umunna is a member of the executive committee of the Black Socialist Society <ref>Holloway, Lester, [http://www.blink.org.uk/pdescription.asp?key=11850&grp=66 "Leading our own struggle"], 21 June 2006</ref>, an affiliate of the Labour Party.
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He challenged former ''[[The Sun|Sun]]'' editor [[Kelvin MacKenzie]] for making anti-Scottish remarks on the BBC's ''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]'' television programme in October 2007, on which they were both panellists.<ref>Akbar, Arifa, [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article3055771.ece “Former 'Sun' editor MacKenzie outrages Scots”], The Independent, 27 October 2007</ref>
He challenged former ''[[The Sun|Sun]]'' editor [[Kelvin MacKenzie]] for making anti-Scottish remarks on the BBC's ''[[Question Time (TV series)|Question Time]]'' television programme in October 2007, on which they were both panellists.<ref>Akbar, Arifa, [http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article3055771.ece “Former 'Sun' editor MacKenzie outrages Scots”], The Independent, 27 October 2007</ref>


In November 2007, Umunna was identified as one of ten young, gifted and black people in British politics in the ''[[Independent on Sunday|The Independent on Sunday]]'' by Simon Woolley, director of Operation Black Vote. Woolley said Umunna "may end up as the UK's [[Barack Obama]]".<ref>Woolley, Simon, [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3119233.ece “Young, gifted and black: Politics choices”], The Independent on Sunday, 4 November 2007</ref>
In November 2007, Umunna was identified as one of ten young, gifted and black people in British politics in the ''[[Independent on Sunday|The Independent on Sunday]]'' by Simon Woolley, director of Operation Black Vote. Woolley said Umunna "may end up as the UK's [[Barack Obama]]".<ref>Woolley, Simon, [http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article3119233.ece “Young, gifted and black: Politics choices”], The Independent on Sunday, 4 November 2007</ref> In a February 2008 edition of the ''[[New Statesman|New Statesman]]'', he was referred to in an article entitled "Is there a British Obama?".<ref>Matthews, David, [http://www.newstatesman.com/200802070015 “Is there a British Obama?”], The New Statesman, 7 February 2008</ref>




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Chuka Harrison Umunna (born October 1978) is a political activist and commentator, and an employment lawyer.

Career

He is a leading member of the centre left pressure group, Compass, on whose management committee he sits, and often speaks on its behalf in the media,[1].

Umunna has written for the Financial Times[2], Tribune, the Voice, the Guardian, the New Statesman[3] and is one of the Guardian’s Comment is free website contributors. He also occassionally appears on television and radio including on The Daily Politics on BBC2 and Question Time Extra on BBC News 24.

He is the founder and editor of the online political magazine, TMP, which is primarily aimed at left leaning British Black, Asian and minority ethnic people. Contributors to the site include Baroness Prosser, David Lammy MP, Keith Vaz MP and Jon Cruddas MP (Umunna was a campaign aide to Cruddas during his Labour Party Deputy Leadership campaign). Umunna is a member of the executive committee of the Black Socialist Society [4], an affiliate of the Labour Party.

Having graduated with a 2:1 degree in English and French law from the University of Manchester, he started his legal career as a solicitor at the international law firm, Herbert Smith, in the City of London where Umunna mostly acted for large employers. In 2006 he moved to the Central London law firm, Rochman Landau, where he mainly acts for employees. As an employment lawyer, Umunna often speaks and writes on employment issues.[5] [6]

Further to his work as a trustee of two youth charities, the 409 Project in Lambeth, South London, and the Anthony Bourne Foundation, Umunna was quoted[7] in the wake of the numerous killings of teenagers in Britain linked to gangs and violence in urban Britain. His comments[8] that the problems of young people living in the inner cities is linked to the wealth divide and increasing consumerism were widely reported.[9]

He challenged former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie for making anti-Scottish remarks on the BBC's Question Time television programme in October 2007, on which they were both panellists.[10]

In November 2007, Umunna was identified as one of ten young, gifted and black people in British politics in the The Independent on Sunday by Simon Woolley, director of Operation Black Vote. Woolley said Umunna "may end up as the UK's Barack Obama".[11] In a February 2008 edition of the New Statesman, he was referred to in an article entitled "Is there a British Obama?".[12]


References

  1. ^ "Expert calls for IHT threshold to be held", Investment News, London Stock Exchange, 12 October 2007
  2. ^ Umunna, Chuka, “Ask the expert: Diversity in the City”, Financial Times, 11 September 2006
  3. ^ Umunna, Chuka, “The duty to inspire”, New Statesman, 30 August 2007
  4. ^ Holloway, Lester, "Leading our own struggle", 21 June 2006
  5. ^ Black Lawyers Directory Profile
  6. ^ “Inequality costs £1m per hour”, Personnel Today, 20 September 2007
  7. ^ Womack, Sarah, “Black boys need role models not rappers”, The Telegraph, 14 August 2007
  8. ^ Umunna, Chuka, “In our inner cities, gangs are the new extended families”, The Guardian, 9 August 2007
  9. ^ Umunna, Chuka, “In our inner cities, gangs are the new extended families”, The Guardian, 9 August 2007
  10. ^ Akbar, Arifa, “Former 'Sun' editor MacKenzie outrages Scots”, The Independent, 27 October 2007
  11. ^ Woolley, Simon, “Young, gifted and black: Politics choices”, The Independent on Sunday, 4 November 2007
  12. ^ Matthews, David, “Is there a British Obama?”, The New Statesman, 7 February 2008
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