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If the Stephen Lawrence inquiry shone a light on the conscience of the nation, Dr Richard Stone, perhaps the most vociferous of the advisers who assisted Sir William Macpherson, was the conscience of the inquiry itself. | If the Stephen Lawrence inquiry shone a light on the conscience of the nation, Dr Richard Stone, perhaps the most vociferous of the advisers who assisted Sir William Macpherson, was the conscience of the inquiry itself. |
He provided the process with perhaps its most enduring memory, when he pleaded with the head of the Met to seize the moment and accept that Britain’s biggest force had issues with institutional racism. | |
In the 15 years since the Macpherson report , others have refocused to deal with other matters. John Sentamu, Stone’s fellow panellist, was appointed archbishop of York in 2005; Macpherson himself has retired . But for Stone the inquiry was just the beginning. | |
Last year, in a continuing campaign to improve policing , he produced a book brimming with indignation. Of late he has been on tour, hosting live events, replicating the journey to British cities undertaken by Macpherson for the his landmark report. The last of those events reaches Southall in west London on Tuesday. Some years earlier, Dr Stone also began the process that culminated in the fall of Dame Shirley Porter in the Westminster gerrymandering scandal. In every sense, he is a public servant of outstanding merit. | |
Hugh Muir | Hugh Muir |
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