We call all organisations, individuals, publishers and publications that host online debate about, and in the, city to work to create a healthier debate for a diverse city.

Birmingham has a young, diverse, integrated population. The city council declared it a city of sanctuary, it has a history of attempting to welcome people of all creeds and faiths. However it also has a history of tension and politics that has attempted to sow division for its own ends. In many ways we are at a point where there is a fork in the road about which sort of city we want to become.

There are a number of publications and organisations acting as hosts for the civic debate — and they have a responsibility to make that debate clean and safe. To make it clean Elan Valley water rather than Powell’s ‘rivers of blood’.

Birmingham has an opportunity to lead in this space.

The Foel Tower Agreement

A manifesto for creating a healthier public sphere for a diverse city.



We call all organisations, individuals, publishers and publications that host online debate about and in the city to work to create a healthier public sphere for a diverse city.



These hosts should commit to the following principles in hosting online debate.