Sunny Hundal

Sunny Hundal
Born
Sundeep Singh Hundal

London, England
EducationEconomics
Alma materBrunel University London
OccupationJournalist
Years active2006–present
Known forJournalism, Blogging, Academia
RelativesJagraj Singh

Sunny Hundal (born Sundeep Singh Hundal in 1977) is a British journalist and blogger.

Born in London to Sikh parents of Indian origin, Hundal has a degree in economics from Brunel University. He is best known as the founder and editor of the centre-left group blog Liberal Conspiracy. The Guardian's website named him as their blogger of the year in 2006.[1] Hundal has also written for publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times, New Statesman and The Independent.[2][3][4][5]

In June 2019, he helped to found a progressive news aggregator, Front Page Live, where he serves as Editorial Director UK.[6] He is also a journalist-in-residence at Kingston University.[7]

Hundal is a Covenor of the cross-party political movement, More United.[8]

Projects

Hundal has founded and edited a number of politically progressive websites: Liberal Conspiracy,[9] a group weblog about politics and media, Asians in Media,[10] Barfi Culture community websites,[11] the Pickled Politics weblog,[12] and the New Generation Network in 2006, a group and manifesto that attempted to challenge the current discourse on race relations in the UK. All these have been wound up.

In February 2007 he made a BBC radio documentary Lost in Translation about Asian brides brought to the UK.[13] The BBC also quoted his claim that Shahrukh Khan's endorsement of skin-lightening creams was "completely immoral".[14]

In June 2019, he helped to found a progressive news aggregator, Front Page Live, together with Joe Romm, its Editor-in-Chief, Carl Cameron, Laura Dawn, Helen Stickler and others. He serves as Editorial Director UK at Front Page Live.[6]

Political stances

In 2008, he wrote a blog post saying that non-white voters should consider voting Conservative, on the basis that "brown people" were being deliberately targeted by anti-terrorism legislation brought in by the New Labour government of Gordon Brown.[15] In 2010, on his Liberal Conspiracy blog, he backed the Liberal Democrats in the UK General Election.[16]

About three months after the formation of the Cameron–Clegg coalition, Hundal joined the Labour Party to influence its political direction.[17] In August 2010 Hundal backed Ed Miliband in the Labour leadership election.[18]

Hundal has criticised various religious organisations including the Islamist Hizb ut-Tahrir,[19][20] the Muslim Council of Britain,[21] Muslim Public Affairs Committee UK,[21] Christian Concern For Our Nation,[20] Sikh Federation[22] and Hindu Forum of Britain.[22] He has been awarded the Fourth IRDS Awards for Print Media for fighting against religious obscurantism, awarded by the Lucknow-based Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS).[23]

In 2014 he defended the Tricycle Theatre's decision to boycott the UK Jewish Film Festival as a result of a £1,400 donation the festival received from the Israeli Embassy.[24]

A vegetarian, he describes himself as a strong environmentalist.[25]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Comment is free: blogger of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Sunny Hundal | The Guardian". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  3. ^ Hundal, Sunny (28 November 2005). "Minority titles target mainstream ads". Financial Times. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Sunny Hundal, Author at New Statesman". New Statesman. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Sunny Hundal". The Independent. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b Wemple, Erik. "Ex-Fox Newser Carl Cameron takes his 'unfinished business' to progressive startup", The Washington Post, June 24, 2019; and "Masthead", Front Page Live, accessed June 25, 2019
  7. ^ "Sunny Hundal | Kingston's Journalist in Residence - Activities". Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences - Kingston University London. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  8. ^ "The team". More United. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  9. ^ "Liberal Conspiracy". liberalconspiracy.org.
  10. ^ About AiM at Asians in Media magazine
  11. ^ "About barfiCulture". barfi Culture. Archived from the original on 19 December 2001. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  12. ^ "Contributors". Pickled Politics. Archived from the original on 20 May 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  13. ^ Lost in Translation Archived 21 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, 26 February 2007, BBC Asian Network
  14. ^ "Beyond the pale?". BBC News. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  15. ^ "It's time for brown people to switch to Tory". Pickled Politics. 16 June 2008. Archived from the original on 15 October 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  16. ^ "The Guardian endorses the Libdems and I'm with them". Liberal Conspiracy. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  17. ^ "Why I've decided to join the Labour party". Liberal Conspiracy. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 18 August 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  18. ^ "Why I think Ed Miliband is the right person to lead the Labour party". Liberal Conspiracy. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  19. ^ Hundal, Sunny (1 April 2007). "The enemy within". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  20. ^ a b Hundal, Sunny (21 May 2008). "Fundamentally flawed". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  21. ^ a b Hundal, Sunny (9 June 2006). "Stop whining!". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  22. ^ a b Hundal, Sunny (2 November 2007). "The tables have turned". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  23. ^ "IRDS Award winners 2013". Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
  24. ^ Hundal, Sunny; Cohen, Nick (9 August 2014). "Was the Tricycle theatre right to ask the UK Jewish film festival to 'reconsider' its funding?". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  25. ^ "Introducing our latest guest blogger… Sunny Hundal". The F-Word. 18 January 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2026.
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