Category Archives: Yasmin Alibhai Brown

             As Yasmin says: – “At my age. With my politics. Truly surprised. And elated.” Photo by Andrew Seaman on Unsplash Subscribe to Yasmin’s Substack By subscribing, I agree to Substack’s Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy. Loading…

             I’m sure many of you can’t wait to read How Not to be a Political Wife by Sarah Vine, ex-spouse of the Rt Hon Michael Gove, now editor of The Spectator. It is out on 19 June. So to help you through this nerve-racking time, I’m sharing some thoughts on the excerpts that have been published in the Daily Mail, where she’s beenContinue reading “I never thought I’d say this, but I actually feel sorry for Sarah Vine”

             The questions the BBC must answer on impartiality The institution I have loved all my life has let me down – here’s why My father took no interest in his kids. My brother and sister were 11 and 10 when I showed up, adding more strain to my mum’s already over-burdened life. She didContinue reading “I have been a BBC junkie since I was ten. Now it feels like a bad marriage, I must leave.”

Grooming circles have destroyed young lives in this country – an abuse that ‘feels like a cancer’, eating its victims up Virginia Giuffre, 17, slim, pretty; Prince Andrew, 41, his arm round her bare midriff; a grinning Ghislaine Maxwell behind them. An unforgettable image. Guiffre has killed herself, aged 41. Giuffre accused Andrew of sexuallyContinue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on … Virginia Giuffre’s plight has a parallel here in the UK”

His actual record is abysmal – and he is an out and out Trumpian   Another day, and the nation is still obsessing over Nigel Farage. The media is the wind beneath his wings; the two main parties are toppling, flapping helplessly while Reform projects itself as a redeemer and a government in waiting. The LibContinue reading “Yasmin’s Eye on …. Blind allegiance to Nigel Farage will backfire on his supporters”