Ash Sarkar: ‘I no longer care about microaggressions – pronounce my name however you want’

Minority Rule: In her new book, Ash Sarkar argues people are angry about the wrong group of minorities - (Jonathan Ring)

Ash Sarkar is the face of woke. Up against the Goliaths of the right wing, the 32-year-old journalist from north London counts tech billionaires like Elon Musk and US president Donald Trump among her adversaries – of which she has many.

Another to cross her path was Piers Morgan before his unceremonious exit from Good Morning Britain in 2021, when during a heated TV debate about Trump and Obama, she quipped: “I’m literally a communist, you idiot.” A video of the moment has since clocked up nearly eight million views on YouTube. In 2023, Sarkar was ranked No 45 on the New Statesman’s Left Power List, and through appearances on shows like Question Time and in her role as senior editor of Novara Media, she has become one of the left’s most ubiquitous commentators.