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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown writes a weekly column for i. She was awarded Broadsheet Columnist of the Year at the 2017 Press Awards and was Highly Commended in the same category at the 2018 Press Awards.

Article thumbnail: ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech in Istanbul on 12 October 2005 during the visit of German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. Their talks were expected to focus on bilateral issues but also on the start of Turkey's membership negotiations with the European Union. AFP PHOTO DDP/MARCUS BRANDT (Photo credit should read MARCUS BRANDT/AFP via Getty Images)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

I've always defended the EU – now I'm having doubts

All 27 EU leaders rightly condemn Hamas’s attack on Israel, express concern about the humanitarian disaster but still back Israel’s horrific war tactics

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

It pains me to say it, but Nadine Dorries was right about posh boys

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Free speech has become a privilege of the ruling class

Article thumbnail: Pierre Poilievre, a populist, libertarian, charismatic figure, is the new, widely popular Conservative leader. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Boris Johnson will never pay for what he did to this country – and we will never recover

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Western leaders are too scared to tell the truth about Gaza's collective punishment

Article thumbnail: Home Secretary Suella Braverman Braverman doesn’t say which versions of multiculturalism "have failed". (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Article thumbnail: Home Secretary Suella Braverman Braverman doesn’t say which versions of multiculturalism "have failed". (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)
Article thumbnail: Members of the Conservative Party relax and socialize at one of the bars at the Hyatt Regency Hotel after the second day of their conference. This is within the secure conference zone as it is directly linked top the ICC Conference Centre where the Conservative party Conference is taking place. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Members of the Conservative Party relax and socialize at one of the bars at the Hyatt Regency Hotel after the second day of their conference. This is within the secure conference zone as it is directly linked top the ICC Conference Centre where the Conservative party Conference is taking place. (Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Sunak and his gang misguidedly think tactical, emotional stimulation will enable them to retain power (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)
Article thumbnail: Sunak and his gang misguidedly think tactical, emotional stimulation will enable them to retain power (Justin Tallis/Pool via AP)
Article thumbnail: NABLUS, WEST BANK - SEPTEMBER 15: A Palestinian man holds the Palestinian flag in front of Israeli forces as they demonstrate against construction of Jewish settlements in village of Qaryut of Nablus, West Bank on September 15, 2023. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: NABLUS, WEST BANK - SEPTEMBER 15: A Palestinian man holds the Palestinian flag in front of Israeli forces as they demonstrate against construction of Jewish settlements in village of Qaryut of Nablus, West Bank on September 15, 2023. (Photo by Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)