Boris Johnson had dinner in lockdown with peer funding flat refit, files suggest Apparent meeting with David Brownlow is one of several potential further lockdown breaches revealed in Boris Files The Guardian - UK · Sep 8, 2025
OPINION - Nimco Ali: It has to be Kemi Badenoch for Tory leader, not lobotomised, hard-Right Robert Jenrick I have known Kemi Badenoch for a while — I met her at an Evening Standard event in 2017 — and the picture we took at that event recently popped up on my social media memories and I took a moment to think: could I ever have imagined that seven… Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2024
International Women's Day: 20 of London's change-makers on progress for women in 2024 Are there enough female leaders? How do we solve the childcare crisis? Will we ever close the gender confidence gap? From Angela Rayner to Emma Barnett, our capital’s most influential women weigh in Evening Standard · Mar 8, 2024
Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals Progress to prevent female genital mutilation needs to be ‘27 times faster’, says UN The Guardian - UK · Mar 8, 2024
OPINION - Columns of the year: All of London life in 2023 through our writers’ eyes From the Sussexes’ woes to the bully XL debate, from the state of US politics to the conflict in Gaza, the Evening Standard’s comment team have been as incisive as ever Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2023
Irvine Welsh says he would abolish voting and have a 'lottery system' IRVINE Welsh has said voting should be abolished and a "lottery system" should instead be implemented to elect MPs. The National (Scotland) · Sep 17, 2023
The ‘say maaate’ anti-sexism campaign: a case of right target, wrong action? The Mayor of London’s new campaign to tackle misogyny has been widely derided as a PR stunt that will do nothing to address the serious dangers faced by women in the capital. The Week · Jul 26, 2023
The face of cruel Britannia: who is the real Suella Braverman? As the daughter of immigrants, the home secretary’s hostility to migrants can seem not only cruel but unfathomable. So what do those who know her best think makes her tick? The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023
Suella Braverman's policies branded 'cruel and heartless' by ex-Home Office adviser The comments from Nimco Ali came as the Government's Illegal Migration Bill passed the first parliamentary hurdle - but former PM Theresa May suggested victims of modern slavery would be treated as 'collateral damage' Daily Mirror · Mar 14, 2023
Braverman policies are ‘heartless’, says ex-Home Office adviser Nimco Ali Exclusive: Home secretary’s ‘racist’ immigration plans condemned by former Tory campaigner The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023
More than 100 Met cops investigated over racism, drugs and homophobia allegations Met chief Mark Rowley claimed this week he was trying to clean up the force admitting there were 'hundreds' of bigots in the force who 'shouldn't be here' Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022
Tory Suella Braverman's 'vindictive' attacks on migrants blasted by quitting adviser Nimco Ali, who has quit as an independent advisor to the Home Office, said Home Secretary Suella Braverman is 'legitimising' racism and using 'crazy rhetoric' Daily Mirror · Dec 18, 2022
Cressida Dick accused of trying to downplay Sarah Everard murder Dame Cressida Dick has denied she complained to the then-PM about the Government response to the murder being ‘blown out of proportion’ and said she always sought to tackle violence women and girls Evening Standard · Dec 18, 2022
Ex-Metropolitan Police boss accused of trying to downplay Sarah Everard murder Dame Cressida Dick has denied she complained to the then-PM about the Government response to the murder being ‘blown out of proportion’. The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022 Braverman’s ‘crazy rhetoric’ on migrants stoking racism, outgoing adviser says Nimco Ali, a campaigner and survivor of female genital mutilation, said the Home Secretary was ‘normalising the Nigel Farages’.
The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022 Suella Braverman’s rhetoric is ‘normalising’ the politics of Farage, former adviser alleges Ex-advisor contrasts Priti Patel’s ‘compassion’ with Suella Braverman’s ‘vindictiveness’
The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022 Suella Braverman feeding Farage politics, says outgoing government adviser Nimco Ali says Rishi Sunak should sack the home secretary, or risk losing the next election
Daily Mirror · Dec 10, 2022 Tory adviser quits over 'the way Suella Braverman talks about ethnic minorities' Nimco Ali said she would quit because she and the Home Secretary were on "completely different planets" about women's rights and "the way that we talk about ethnic minorities, and specifically people like me who are from a refugee background."
The National (Scotland) · Dec 10, 2022 Government has ‘a lot of work’ to do on protecting women, Tory vice chairman admits CONSERVATIVE Party vice chairman Rachel Maclean has admitted the Home Office has a “lot of work” to do on protecting women from violence.
The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022 Government has ‘a lot of work’ to do on protecting women, former minister admits Rachel Maclean made the comment after a Government adviser on violence against women effectively stepped down live on radio.
The National (Scotland) · Dec 9, 2022 Home Office adviser on female violence to quit over Suella Braverman clash A GOVERNMENT adviser on violence against women has said she is on a “completely different planet” to the Home Secretary as she appeared to…
The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022 Home Office adviser Nimco Ali appears to quit by criticising Suella Braverman Adviser on violence against women says on live radio she is on a ‘completely different planet’ to home secretary
The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022 Home Office adviser on female violence to quit as Suella Braverman “is on different planet” Nimco Ali, an independent government adviser on tackling violence against women and girls, effectively quit during a radio interview on Friday
The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2022 Gina Miller and Nimco Ali dine across the divide: ‘What will we disagree on? I think Boris Johnson is an OK person’ In our celebrity Dining across the divide special, the anti-Brexit activist and critic of the PM meets the anti-FGM campaigner and close friend of the Johnsons
The Independent UK · May 20, 2022 Nimco Ali says Boris Johnson not behind ‘pushback’ on fining street harassers No 10 said it was still considering how a ‘specific offence’ could be introduced to deal with wolf-whistling and catcalling.