In May, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert spoke on BBC Radio 4’s AntiSocial programme on the topic of renting and discrimination. In the course of the conversation, it becomes clear that the Equality Act is often more about justifying discrimination than prohibiting it! You can listen here: AntiSocial with Adam Fleming, 1 May 2026
In March, DDU director Alka Sehgal Cuthbert spoke at a Cambridge Union debate. Alka was opposing the motion, ‘This House Believes British Identity is Inherently Colonial’. Also speaking against the motion were Professor Robert Tombs and a brave student. Alka argued that it makes no more sense to speak of British identity being colonial than […]
In February this year, Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert spoke at a fringe meeting at the General Synod. The meeting raised historical, legal, social and ethical objections to Project Spire – a project to divert £100million from an endowment intended to support local parishes into catalytic investment schemes (that is, high-risk investment intended to attract other […]
DDU, with many others, unequivocally condemns the antisemitic murders of two people (four others remain in hospital suffering serious injuries) and offer our deepest condolences to the families affected. In his excellent article, our Advisory Council member, Stephen Pollard, wrote: horrifying as this incident may be, I doubt that any of Britain’s 287,000 Jews will […]
Organisations, including DDU, from across the moral, political and ideological spectrum, including faith groups and secular organisations, have written to express serious concern about the UK Government’s ongoing efforts to adopt a non-statutory definition of ‘Islamophobia’. At a time of rising tensions, deepening mistrust, and urgent social challenges, this move risks fuelling division rather than fostering social cohesion.
Is the NHS justified in running separate courses for BAME staff and excluding white British staff simply because of their skin colour?
On GB News, Alka Sehgal Cuthbert ridicules the Welsh government’s anti-racist training and questions their educational priorities.
Alka Sehgal Cuthbert writes to theatre owners Delfont Mackintosh to denounce the idea of blacks-only performances.
A new film from Alpha News challenges the narrative about George Floyd’s death that inspired both Black Lives Matter protests and the wave of EDI/anti-racism policies across institutions and big business.
Following her shocking cancellation from a recent education conference, the Free Speech Union (FSU) was delighted to be able to re-platform the debate between Dr Alka Sehgal Cuthbert, director of Don’t Divide Us (DDU), film studies teacher Toby Marshall, Dr Ruth Wareham, lecturer in Philosophy of Education at the University of Birmingham, and John Marrill, teacher of history and politics. The debate took place on Monday 16 October with audience members both ‘in the room’ and online.
