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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

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I actually burned my bra in the 70s - but young women today have lost the meaning of feminism

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I may spoil my ballot in the next election for the first time ever - this is why

I may spoil my ballot in the next election for the first time ever - this is why
21.02.2025 4

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There is a new, deadly threat to democracy - and it's bigger than Trump

There is a new, deadly threat to democracy - and it's bigger than Trump
19.02.2025 4

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A stranger invited me for lunch. I'm so glad I went

A stranger invited me for lunch. I'm so glad I went
12.02.2025 10

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The outrage that has brought Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage together

The outrage that has brought Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage together
07.02.2025 10

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I am filled with fear and fury at the ballooning hatred of immigrants like me

I am filled with fear and fury at the ballooning hatred of immigrants like me
04.02.2025 7

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Palestinians returning home will find nothing but dust and stones

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The fightback against Donald Trump is already beginning

24.01.2025 2

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I've been speaking to British-Pakistanis – this is what they think of the grooming scandal

22.01.2025 5

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The special relationship with America has always been abusive

13.01.2025 6

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Darkness is coming in 2025 - it's up to us not to look away

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Groomers, their protectors, and right wing extremists have one thing in common

I am triply sickened by the British-Pakistani grooming scandal. Firstly, by the men who objectified and used young white girls and their families,...

08.01.2025 6

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Labour must expose Farage for what he is

Farage, Farage everywhere; not a drop of doubt from pollsters, pundits or political insiders. His time, they say, is coming. Thanks to our...

30.12.2024 1

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Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs have only improved Christmas

Christmas was not celebrated in our household before 1989. My ex-husband and I, both Shia Muslims, loved the street decorations. Our son had small...

24.12.2024 9

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: This is how I stay young

It was my birthday on 10 December. I find it impossibly hard to type the number, so will just say that I could have officially retired 15 years...

17.12.2024 4

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I keep being asked when I'll show gratitude to this country. Here's my answer

On Question Time in Lincoln last week, a white, middle-aged man in the audience said this: “Migrants, illegal or legal, weren’t responsible for...

13.12.2024 6

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It has never been so hard to be a liberal Muslim in the UK

An acquaintance of mine who has been taking care of her severely disabled partner, is, herself, now becoming incapacitated. They’ve sold their big...

11.12.2024 3

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The BBC is complicit in the Gregg Wallace scandal

Oi, Greg Wallace, I am one of those “middle-class women of a certain age” to which you refer. We see right through your dimpled smile, that old...

05.12.2024 7

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Nadine Dorries and I have always disagreed – but now she has my respect

Who would have thought it possible? My heart has gone out to Nadine Dorries. I’m not being sarky or sly. It is the honest truth. The hostilities...

29.11.2024 4

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Jeremy Clarkson’s greed makes the perfect case for taxes

Gawd, the sound and fury at the farmers’ march against inheritance tax, which according to BBC fact checkers, will affect only around 500 farms with...

27.11.2024 8

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Treatment of carers is next Post Office scandal

Last Friday, in our London neighbourhood, a mum was struggling to get a child’s wheelchair over the entrance to a charity shop. A man and I helped...

18.11.2024 2

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Loved ones of those choosing assisted dying are being unfairly maligned

This is In Conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

15.11.2024 7

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The monarchy is a cruel and unnecessary affront to the principle of equality

With the House of Windsor in a period of transition since the accession of King Charles III, three i writers consider the future of Britain’s...

14.11.2024 4

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When will defenders of the Royal Family wake up? Enough is enough

By now the unctuous Dickie Arbiter will be on the airwaves telling us how bloody marvellous the Windsors are, and how blessed their subjects. Piers...

05.11.2024 2

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I have some inconvenient truths for Robert Jenrick about colonialism

This Saturday the next Tory leader will be declared. Robert Jenrick, one of the final two in the race, realises migrant bashing is no longer...

01.11.2024 7

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Men, I don’t care if you are a feminist - what are you doing to end rape?

In a restaurant last week, I was seated near a group of thirtysomethings, four women and two men. After some inconsequential tittle-tattle, one of...

30.10.2024 4

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We need to do more than a bit of gentle soul-searching about Liam Payne

Benjamin Disraeli, the Victorian Tory novelist and statesman, who twice became prime minister, understood the impetus and cost of fame and power:...

21.10.2024 1

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The UK is allowing Gaza to be forgotten

This is In Conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

18.10.2024 3

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Keir Starmer is too scared to admit it: immigrants are a force for good

The Royal College of Psychiatry has just expressed concern that asylum seekers, who have endured physical and psychological harm, are being “...

16.10.2024 10

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Starmer and Reeves have turned their backs on Britain's poorest

Earlier this year, a supermarket security guard accused a young woman of stealing nappies. She was carrying a child, a beautiful little girl with...

08.10.2024 4

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The national scandal at the heart of Britain's family courts

Ten years ago this month, Jack, aged 12, and Paul, who was nine, were locked in a house, with all escape routes blocked, and burned to death by...

04.10.2024 3

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The truth about being a Muslim in Britain today

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi has quit the Tory party because, she believes, it has become too right wing and toxic. I know and like Baroness Warsi. She’s...

02.10.2024 5

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I got swept away by Labour optimism - now I feel nauseous at their hypocrisy

I’ve just got back from Sri Lanka, a beautiful country, the people I met mostly serene and smiley. A happy place. Unexpected in a land which was...

24.09.2024 4

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Ethnic and religious loyalty risks leaving us morally bankrupt

On the last day of August I tweeted this: “So will @Keir_Starmer give his full backing to the MP for Ilford South [Jas Athwal], the landlord of...

06.09.2024 5

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British pride was built on false history – now we’ve woken up

Dear oh dear, GB News is apoplectic. As it always is, about deplorable “anti-British” treachery or wokery or whatever. Expect huff and puff from...

03.09.2024 2

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Prince Andrew has become a convenient distraction for the Royal Family

King Charles visited Southport, where three little girls were killed, last week. His compassion and care must have meant a lot to the grieving and...

27.08.2024 3

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Going on holiday is a privilege, not a right

This is In Conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

23.08.2024 4

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After 14 years of being crushed, low paid workers are fighting back

Google “Gabriela Rodriguez, cleane r” and you get a tidal wave of news reports from the UK media, as well various global outlets including the Hin...

21.08.2024 4

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Ignore the doom and division: integration is Britain’s biggest success story

Here come the populist excuses for the violent insurrections. Racist and fascist distributors of conspiracies instigated the riots, but the blame,...

13.08.2024 10

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Unhappy with wealth, the super rich now want to control us

The billionaire owner of X, Elon Musk, is attempting to shape British politics and society. He has been clashing with Sir Keir Starmer and...

09.08.2024 10

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Riots used to scare me - now I’m angry

I was there, pregnant, and marching against the National Front in Lewisham in 1977, and again, in the East End in 1978, after Altab Ali, a textile...

07.08.2024 3

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The BBC is an utter mess but we need it more than ever

I come not to bury the BBC but to praise it. More faintly than ever before, for reasons we will come to. But to me, this long surviving media body...

30.07.2024 3

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Men, this is a national emergency, so get off the sidelines

This is In Conversation with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every...

26.07.2024 5

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Keir Starmer has one chance to defeat the virus of populism

In October 2022, then home secretary Suella Braverman disclosed to us her deepest yearning, her aching desire: “I would love to have a front page...

24.07.2024 3

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