 I am, by birth, a Lancastrian because I was born in Lancashire. That makes me English, makes me British. I am also European. My parents emigrated to the United Kingdom from Pakistan and I am also by religion a Muslim. So like everybody in Europe, I am a person with multi-layers of identity but of course that is what provides us with our greater strength, diversity. I have for many, many years been a direct witness of discrimination and indeed racism. I myself have very directly had experiences of both as well as have so many people with whom I have interaction on an ongoing and normal basis. Of course things have changed for the better over the past few decades but based upon recent political changes that we have seen take place there is today a real need to re-energise in order to fight discrimination and racism. I am a migrant.