Sunder Katwala is a British writer and thinker of Indian and Irish heritage. He is the director of

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, a UK-based

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, and former general secretary of the

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. British Future, which also addresses issues of

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and opportunity, launched in January 2012. The think-tank's call for the adoption of an English national anthem, backed by MPs from different

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, won the support of Prime Minister David Cameron, according to reports on the website

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and in ''

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''. He was previously with ''

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'' newspaper, as a

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and internet editor, and was Research Director of The

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think-tank from 1999 to 2001. He became Fabian general secretary in October 2003, and held the position until July 2011. Katwala also writes for ''

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'' newspaper, for the ''

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'', ''

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'' Coffee House blog, and for

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blog. In 2010 the '' Daily Telegraph'' included Katwala at number 32 in its list of the '100 most influential

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ers' in

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, while he was Fabian General Secretary. British Future claims to be a non-partisan group which engages across the political spectrum, and to have staff and Trustees with backgrounds across the major political parties.

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