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Yasmin Alibhai-BrownThe Guardian |
I believe Britain is sleepwalking into a very dark place. All the elements are in place. Soon it may be too late to push back. As with fascism, it...
In December I will be 77 years old. The end comes closer. I have age-related ailments – small stuff triggers unreasonable reactions and I often feel...
Charles Spencer represents all that I detest in our class-riven country. An aristocrat, raised to believe he is better than us commoners; a serial...
Nigel Farage and Reform UK seemed unstoppable. The party was inexorably building mass support; the supreme leader was lavishly praised. Even...
Almost nobody asks brown and black Britons (settled over many decades, legitimate) how they feel about far-right, anti-migrant marches across the UK....
Why, oh why, are the vast majority of Muslim nations so unremittingly repressive and undemocratic? We, who rightly condemn the cruelties, unjust laws...
The equalities minister Bridget Phillipson has publicly stated that racism (and sexism) have “become normalised in the UK”. It will cost her...
It takes a village to raise a child – a proverb attributed to some African cultures – inspires people who believe in communal responsibility in...
Nigel Farage is a diva. His vanities make other politicians look pallid and small. Fortunately for him, mainstream and alternative media journalists...
David Olusoga is brave and brilliant. His tomes on black Britons through the ages and programmes on Empire made public truths which most previous...
Here they go again. Last month, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton notified a House of Lords Committee that our armed forces would be depleted and...
Christopher Nolan, the British-American director, has perfect Aryan features – Nordic, blue eyes, blonde hair, a symmetrical face. And is, at...
I’d been feeling uneasy for a while. Then, a month ago, I experienced an emotional catharsis followed by a dramatic change of heart. Some pro-EU...
Swifties around the globe are waiting feverishly for The Reveal. What did the bride, Taylor Swift, wear? It’s now Wednesday and they still don’t...
The country feels a little lighter since Starmer decided to step down and Andy Burnham prepares to take over. Keir was frozen, Andy is warm. Keir...
July 4th 2026. America’s Independence Day. It’s been 250 years since that colony fought and won a bloody war to set itself free. The anniversary...
David Lammy, our Deputy PM and Justice Secretary, puffed up with pride and power, claims he rebuked his good friend, US Vice President JD Vance, after...
In times to come, British politicians, historians and voters will try to figure out how, in the first quarter of the 21st century, Nigel Farage became...
In 1972, I was a post-grad student at Oxford when Idi Amin expelled all Asians from Uganda. Everything fell apart. I thought I’d have to quit...
Way back, I wrote a story on a mixed-race couple whose identical twins had different skin colours. One was dark, the other white. Readers were...
Royal state visits are usually predictable. And, in my view, all a total waste of time and money. Every moment is perfectly choreographed; the...
For generations of workers, retirement started the day they hit the state pension age. But longer lives, shifting finances and changing attitudes have...
Though I’m a republican, I do feel for King Charles as he prepares to go to the unstable United Sates of America. He is expected to placate and win...
Last weekend, Hungary voted out Viktor Orbán and emerged, blinking, into the light after 16 years of living in what Orbán had branded an...
The Tories want to liberate British businesses and Reform wants to create “a stable pro-enterprise environment”. Both froth a lot about “too...
It’s a calamity foretold. Many disappointed, upset and angry traditional Labour supporters will not vote for the party in this May’s council...
Life catches you out. Here I am, a socialist, empathising (a bit) with some of the most generationally privileged people in this nation. Last week,...
On Friday, we dined at an Oxford college. It was all very graceful and civilised. Unfortunately, a typhoon of fury about Home Secretary Shabana...
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A new species of white nationalism is propagating across the UK. It’s a fast-growing weed, resistant to herbicides, and assiduously nurtured by...
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