Podcast appearances and mentions of Dawn Butler

Donald Trump's to Victory and a Word to Kemi Baddenoch and Dawn Butler from us at @affiintiyxtra ep 06   Affinity Xtra new show Ideologees is the place where we discuss philosophy, theology and political ideology from an objective standard to inform and educate on the undercurrent across Western democracies and around the world.   Presented by MisterMarkGee & Roger Moore @mistermarkgee @rogermooreuk

Donald Trump's to Victory and a Word to Kemi Baddenoch and Dawn Butler from us at @affiintiyxtra ep 06   Affinity Xtra new show Ideologees is the place where we discuss philosophy, theology and political ideology from an objective standard to inform and educate on the undercurrent across Western democracies and around the world.   Presented by MisterMarkGee & Roger Moore @mistermarkgee @rogermooreuk

After the US election this week, today's show host, Kehinde Andrews, links up with co-host Busayo Twins to weather this gloomy political climate and share some optimism for the future.  For this special feature, Busayo will be a regular cohost with Kehinde, where they chop it up about the politics of the day, highlighting the issues that matter and underlining their specific relevance to Black communities. We need a name for this special feature so please send in your ideas and any questions for our hosts' next show through our socials channel or please email mip@blackunity.org.uk and we'll consider them. Thank YOU.  Busayo Twins is a thought leader doing political content online, including her show "Everything is Political" (get us all to realize that there is politics in most things we talk about or engage in) and Political Intrusive Thoughts. Busyao has been involved in the London School of Economics (LSE) Students' Union as both president and general secretary (social mobility and outreach stuff), president of the African and Caribbean Society at LSE, a strategic policy advisor at the Office for Students (working on closing attainment gaps), and community policy and strategy (at Black Curriculum), and most recently as strategic business development manager at ClearView Research (creating inclusive research).  BUSAYO SOCIALS LINKS (IG) @busayotwins (TikTok) @busayotwins SHOW LINKS Black Equity Org: "Our statement on Kemi Badenoch" https://x.com/BlackEquityOrg/status/1854528051071131658/photo/1  Operation Black Vote: Statement On Election of Kemi Badenoch to Leader of the Opposition https://www.obv.org.uk/blog-post/statement-on-election-of-kemi-badenoch-to-leader-of-the-opposition JOIN THE STRUGGLE>> THE HARAMBEE ORGANISATION OF BLACK UNITY NEEDS YOU Harambee Organisation of Black Unity (Marcus Garvey Centre + Nicole Andrews Community Library, Birmingham, UK): https://www.blackunity.org.uk/ (IG) @harambeeobu (X) @HarambeeOBU (FB) OBUBirmingham Make it Plain - Black Education Community Resource Bank We are creating an educational community resource bank., to provide the education that Black children need. Please email us your resource links and we'll create a Black education resource page on Make it Plain.  mip@blackunity.org.uk  CAP25 - Convention of Afrikan People - Gambia - May 17-19, 2025 (Everyone's Welcome*) On Malcolm X's 100th birthday, the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity is bringing together those in Afrika and the Diaspora who want to fulfill Malcolm's legacy and build a global organization for Black people. This is an open invitation to anyone: https://make-it-plain.org/convention-of-afrikan-people/ *On the CAP Steering Committee, we have a Marginalized identities group that looks at LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities within Blackness, to ensure all Black people are included"  BUF - Black United Front  Global directory of Black organizations. This will be hosted completely free of charge so if you run a Black organization please email the name, address, website, and contact info to mip@blackunity.org.uk to be listed. MIP SOCIALS LINK Subscribe + Support Make It Plain https://make-it-plain.org/support-us/ Host: (IG) @kehindeandrews  (X) @kehinde_andrews  Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: (Blog) www.make-it-plain.org  (YT) www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964  Email: mip@blackunity.org.uk For any help with your audio visit: https://weylandmck.com/ Make it Plain is the Editorial Wing of the Harambee Organisation of Black Unity

Naomi and Alex chat to special guests Labour MP for Brent East Dawn Butler and former Tory SpAp Salma Shah through the fallout of the riots and how we can carve a way forward. And we go through the Tory Leadership race candidates. Who will it be? And will anyone care? PLUS a very special Wokey Dokey about idiots blowing up their motorbikes and we give our guests a chance to showcase their favourite not-a-fans in You Gotta Troll With It. Find us on Facebook and Twitter as @quietriotpod and on Bluesky. Email us at quietriotpod@gmail.com. Or visit our website www.quietriotpod.com. (We are working on threads and YouTube.) CALLS TO ACTION Click here for your Quiet Riot Bluesky Starter Pack. Click here for a second Bluesky Starter Pack. Click here to buy the Hate Has No Home Here poster. Click here for the WWF's Greek Wildfires appeal. Click here for Dawn Butler's 21 Days to Go. With Naomi Smith, Alex Andreou, and Kenny Campbell - in cahoots with Sandstone Global. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Iain co-hosts this episode with fabulous Labour MP Dawn Butler. They talk GB Energy, Labour MPs getting suspended, Dawn's rap video, the Tory leadership race, men on planes and loads more besides!

Over the next week we will examine the contents of the Labour leaks & the recent instances of anti Blackness in the political scene. The Labour Leaks & The Forde report detail a culture of anti black racism & islamaphobia in high volumes. This weeks episode we access Frank Hester's vile racist comments to Diane Abbott, how Diane & Dawn Butler have experience racism in the Labour Party, the hierarchy of racism accross the party as a whole, Islamaphobia and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The second woman to become prime minister, Theresa May, has announced she will be leaving parliament at the next election. Although the former PM was known for Brexit, she also was a champion of getting more women involved in public life. It's a task that seems ever harder in the age of social media and abuse. We discuss the realities of being a woman in Westminster with Caroline Nokes, Conservative MP and Chair of the Women and Equalities Committee and Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central. Hosted by Ailbhe Rea and Stephen Carroll. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Full Disclosure is taking a short break over Christmas but don't worry, we'll be back in January 2024 with a line up of exceptional guests.If you can't wait until then, why not catch up on some of the episodes you might have missed. It's been a vintage year with incredible guests including Hugh Laurie, Dawn Butler and Chris Packham. Every episode of Full Disclosure is available on Global Player. Download it from the App Store or go to globalplayer.com.Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Thanks for listening!

In this week's Black World News, Kehinde Andrews rants about reparations washing, and the recent case in point of Lloyd's of London's "slavery" report; why he'd need to report himself under the new UK gov plans to criminalize dissent that also directly focuses on Muslims, which essentially conflates extremism with radicalism, and more on Israel-Palestine. - Check out the MIP YouTube Channel - In this week's guest interview, Kehinde Andrews talks with Dawn Butler Labour Member of Parliament (MP) about how she navigates work as a Black female MP. Since day she has managed to represent, talk the truth, and most importantly stayed Black while doing her job in parliament—one of the Whitest places—despite the advice when she first came into parliament of "not to be too Black."  She's therefore an amazing example of what we need to see more of from politicians in electoral politics. In this interview, she offers examples, like THE coup ran against her when she ran for deputy speaker, of how she manages and balances the impact of engaging with the constant gendered and racial reminders that arise for a Black Woman in one of the UK's Whitest and highest-profile workplaces.  - Dawn Butler a Labour Member of Parliament for Brent Central, London, the third Black woman to be elected an MP, the first ever to speak at the dispatch box and the first Black female chair of the women's Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP). She's the author of "A Purposeful Life: What I've Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change" (2023). She was named the "most promising feminist under 35" by New Statesman magazine, honored as MP of the year at the 2009 Women in Public Life Awards, and was named one of the 25 most influential women in the UK by Vogue in 2020. - BLACK WORLD NEWS LINKS Lloyd's of London slavery review fails to settle heated question of reparations https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/nov/08/lloyds-of-london-slavery-review-fails-to-settle-heated-question-of-reparations The transatlantic slave trade https://www.lloyds.com/about-lloyds/history/the-trans-atlantic-slave-trade The materials are drawn from the collection of Lloyd's the Insurance Market https://underwritingsouls.org/ Revealed: plan to brand anyone ‘undermining' UK as extremist https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/04/plans-to-redefine-extremism-would-include-undermining-uk-values?CMP=share_btn_tw - GUEST INTERVIEW LINKS Dawn's book "A Purposeful Life What I've Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change" https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/456329/a-purposeful-life-by-butler-dawn/9781911709329 Alison Hammond responds to complaint about her ‘Rolex' on This Morning: ‘Sorry you felt uncomfortable' https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/alison-hammond-rolex-this-morning-b2436860.html Dawn Butler Talks Honesty, Purpose & Surviving Cancer https://blackballad.co.uk/people/dawn-butler-a-purposeful-life?listIds=62948f6b18dc9806e42955cf Teachers presenting White privilege as fact are breaking the law, warns minister https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIa4bvXjDhA - Guest: @dawnbutlerbrent (IG + T) Host: @kehindeandrews (IG) @kehinde_andrews (T) Podcast team: @makeitplainorg @weylandmck @inhisownterms @farafinmuso Platform: www.make-it-plain.org (Web) | www.youtube.com/@MakeItPlain1964 (YT) - THE PSYCHOSIS OF WHITENESS: Surviving the Insanity of a Racist World By Kehinde Andrews Buy the Book:https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/316675/the-psychosis-of-whiteness-by-andrews-kehinde/9780241437476

With Labour Party leader Keir Starmer dragging his party onto the center ground, host Aggie Chambre asks what remains of the left in Britain — and what the future may hold for this increasingly marginalized group.She hears from three Labour MPs in the left-wing socialist campaign group, all former members of Jeremy Corbyn's shadow Cabinet. Dawn Butler, Clive Lewis and Ian Lavery describe a widespread sense of nervousness at being at odds with the leadership following what Lavery calls a "purge" of the Labour left.Corbyn himself urges left-wing Labour MPs to speak up, telling them that “being silent is never an option."Labour grandees Peter Mandelson and Neil Kinnock insist Starmer was right to marginalize the left of the party, to make Labour electable again.And Novara Media journalist Ash Sarkar insists there may yet be a powerful future for the left, sitting outside the Labour Party if necessary. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the biggest story of the past week - a flagship, important, party conference week for the Prime Minister, he announced the scrapping of the biggest infrastructure project in Britain in a decade. A project that many saw key to levelling up the north of the country. But, is 'scrapping' it even that easy, that possible? And what's to say what they've promised in its place will come to fruition?We then go to Scotland and a seismic result in Rutherglen and Hamilton West, where the Labour Party have romped home to victory, unseating a decent SNP majority. What significance will results like this have in determining how Labour will do in next year's general election?And Lewis sits down with Dawn Butler, to talk race (and racism), Suella's 'multiculturalism' rhetoric, her journey to being a Labour MP and former shadow minister and the state of the Labour Party going ahead into next week's conference.Editor: Tom HughesSenior Producer: Gabriel RadusProducer: Laura FitzPatrickPlanning Producer: Alex BarnettSocial Media Editor: Georgia FoxwellVideo Producer: Will Gibson-SmithYou can listen to this episode on Alexa - just say "Alexa, ask Global Player to play The News Agents".

Leah is joined by Dawn Butler, the trailblazing Labour MP for Brent Central to speak about her book A Purposeful Life. She reveals a fascinating insight into both the personal and political sides of her journey and spills some tea along the way!

“We've got a government that's trying to gaslight the whole nation to say that racism doesn't exist.”  As the third Black woman ever to be elected as an MP, and then instated as a government Minister, Dawn Butler has been vocal on the disrespect that Black women face in politics. As an outspoken campaigner herself, Butler was criticised in 2019 for calling Boris Johnson a liar in the House of Commons. She was subsequently asked to leave the Parliament grounds that day.  Whilst calling for the former Met Commissioner, Cressida Dick, to resign, she ironically found herself being stopped by the police whilst driving with her friend (who is also Black).  After facing a long battle with breast cancer in 2021, she found inspiration to write her first book, ‘A Purposeful Life', where she draws on the repeated times she's been called a liar after facing racism and sexism both in politics and outside of it.  In today's episode of Ways to Change the World, Labour MP Dawn Butler speaks to Krishnan Guru-Murthy about calling Boris Johnson a liar in Parliament, white feminism in the Labour party (and at large) and her ambitions to be the next Mayor of London. Being a Black person in a white-dominated space, she also tells us why wearing a lime-green suit in a sea of grey-suits was her way of realising you don't have to fit in.

Manhunt for escaped prisoner, MP Dawn Butler takes your calls & should schools relax their uniform policy during the cost of living crisis?

Labour MP for Brent Central Dawn Butler. a former minister under Gordon Brown, talks to PoliticsHome's Alain Tolhurst about making history as the first black woman to speak from the House of Commons despatch box, how to fix the Met police, and her new book ‘A Purposeful Life; What I've Learned About Breaking Barriers and Inspiring Change'. Presented by Alain Tolhurst, produced by Nick Hilton for Podot, edited by Laura Silver

Dawn Butler was the first black woman to speak at the dispatch box in the House of Commons. But as a young person it had not once occurred to her to go into politics. In this episode, Dawn explains how an injustice she experienced at primary school triggered a series of events, encouraging her to confront wrongs where she sees them, even within her own ranks. Her book, A Purposeful Life is out now.

My guest today has made history – more than once. Dawn Butler, MP for Brent Central was only the third Black woman elected to parliament, when she became an MP in 2005, aged 37. She was the first Black female whip and then the first Black woman to stand at the dispatch box four years later. You might know her, though, as the person who was ejected from the House of Commons for saying what so many people were thinking and using her parliamentary privilege to call Boris Johnson a liar. But before all that Dawn was a computer programmer - no small achievement for a black woman who grew up in the 70s. She also worked in a job centre and then for the GMB union. In short, she is not your common or garden privileged career politician. Now 53, Dawn joined me to talk about what drives her, putting her mission down on paper for her new book A Purposeful Life and how being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago caused a total rethink. We also discussed menopause, learning to be still in the moment, why she has no time for women who pull the ladder up behind them and the power of a lime green suitIf you enjoyed this episode you might also like the episodes featuring Nicola Sturgeon and Sabrina Pace-Humphreys.* You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org, including A Purposeful Life by Dawn Butler, and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me.* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including exclusive transcripts of the podcast, why not join The Shift community, come and have a look around at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Juliette Nicholls @ Pineapple Audio Production. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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There are two Boris Johnsons at the entrance to Downing Street. One always lies and the other always lies. How does Dawn Butler get an apology? Tory fines, the object permanence of journalists, Michael Fabricant as a first responder (fuelling fires and insulting public sector workers), Ian Dunt's deportation date to Rwanda, P&O failing safety checks, increasing fat cat profits, student loan repayment rises, the possible return of Balls, and Labour Against Climate Action.    Plus, Chris Smalls and Amazon.     Follow Second Row Socialists on Twitter   Follow Comradio on Twitter   Support us on Patreon   Ian Dunt's Rwanda tweet   The Labour Party's anti-protest tweet

Dawn Butler is the Labour MP for Brent Central and became the first elected African-Caribbean woman to become a government minister in the UK. Dawn arrived in Westminster via work on a market stall, a family-owned bakery ,and as a computer programmer. She also has breast cancer and was diagnosed last year, during Covid.She has decided for the very first time, to share her story with presenter Victoria Derbyshire on this podcast. It is a frank, emotional and, at times humorous account of one woman's experience with the disease.Brought to you by the Future Dreams charity, "And Then Came Breast Cancer" is for everyone whose lives have been touched by the disease. You can contact us at FutureDreams.com for help and advice and our usual presenter Victoria Derbyshire is @VicDerbyshire on Twitter and Instagram. We welcome your ideas for future episodes.If you have been touched by Breast Cancer – Future Dreams is here to help.And Then Came Breast Cancer, is a podcast series co-produced by Factory Originals and 6Foot6 Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Vanity Project. This is a brand new podcast series, where each week influential people from the worlds of activism, entertainment or politics sit down for conversation with London songstress, Vanity von Glow. Performers are known for being talkers, but this queen is also a great listener. In a cultural moment where it feels like everyone is shouting at one another, we offer you a classic innuendo: it is time to go in deeper with Vanity von Glow.This week, Vanity is joined by high-profile Labour MP, Dawn Butler. They discuss all manner of parliamentary intrigues, from her favourite Tory, Boris' lies, the language of progress, drugs policy, the SNP and much more. Dawn really brings her whole self to this fascinating conversation. Vanity doesn't have a guest in Queen's Corner this week, as COVID has run riot through the cabaret circuit making the planned guests unavailable.Remember to share this podcast with your friends, and leave a rating and review wherever you get your podcasts - that helps us reach more people with these great conversations.Follow Vanity on social media:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanityvonglowTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/vanityvonglowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/vanityvonglowFollow Dawn Butler MP on Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/dawnbutlerbrentThe Vanity Project is produced, edited and recorded remotely by Sparkling Studios. www.sparkling.scotMusic from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/ra/synergy License code: DFDQ4ZWWILXYHAIR Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dawn Butler MP is the Member of Parliament for Brent Central. Campaigner, activist, daughter of Windrush, she was the first elected African-Caribbean woman to become a UK government minister. In 2020 she was voted one of Vogue's 25 most influential women, and recently honoured with a blue plaque at the former site of her parents' 'Butlers Bakery', to commemorate being chosen as 'Waltham Forest's local hero'.

Dawn Butler is a highly committed, determined and focused Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent Central in North West London.She won't back away from a challenge. She is a fighter for justice, a fighter for equal rights.Dawn works tirelessly for the betterment of her constituents and others across the United Kingdom, walking in the footsteps of her late father who was always supporting and giving to others.She is one of six children, born and raised in East London to Jamaican parents. During her early years, she worked on a market stall and helped her family run a bakery. Dawn first became a Member of Parliament in May 2005 and later elected as the first African-Caribbean woman to become a Government Minister in the UK. She was re-elected to her parliamentary seat in 2015, receiving the largest vote swing in that election; and again in 2017, winning 73 per cent of the vote in her constituency.In this episode, the MP chats with Impacting Jamaica host Sinai Fleary about growing up in the UK and her work across the country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Black British Lives Matter is a new anthology of writing and conversations collecting the experiences of thought leaders in the UK including novelist Kit de Waal, architect Sir David Adjaye, politician Dawn Butler and many more. The book's co-editor, journalist and Chair of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Marcus Ryder MBE, discusses its themes and the importance of ensuring that diversity is championed in all walks of life with Manveen Rana. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Compass and the Orwell Youth Prize have teamed up to bring you a special new series, The Future We Want.In this first episode, Orwell Youth Fellow Manal Nadeem joins Dawn Butler MP for a discussion of race, power and the pandemic. The episode begins with Manal reading her piece, 'The Poverty Pandemic'.Read 'The Poverty Pandemic' by Manal NadeemThe Orwell Youth Prize is an annual programme for students aged 12–18 culminating in a writing prize. The prize and programme introduce young people to the power of political language, and provoke them to think critically about the world around them.The Future We Want is a new podcast series from the Orwell Youth Prize and Compass. We've matched the Orwell Youth Fellows from 2020 with figures from politics, media and political writing It's Bloody Complicated is recorded every second and fourth Tuesday of the month. Become a Compass member to join our live recordings and put your questions to our guests: https://action.compassonline.org.uk/podcastSupport the show (https://www.compassonline.org.uk/podcast/)Support the show (https://www.compassonline.org.uk/podcast/)

Dawn Butler MP was ordered to leave the House of Commons after calling Boris Johnson what he objectively is - a liar. What does it tell us about our country that the only people held to account for Tory lies are those who call them out? Dawn talks to me about the normalisation of lying, how she called out Tory racism, how the huge response she's generated shows a thirst for opposition currently lacking in Labour - and whether she has any ambitions to one day be Labour leader herself?Help us take on the right-wing media here: https://patreon.com/owenjones84Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-owen-jones-podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It is often said of the Labour leader of the opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, that he is an “on the one hand… but on the other hand…” type of guy. He seemed to prove that point this week, when he both supported the statement made on the floor of the House of Commons by Dawn Butler MP calling the prime minister a liar, while at the same time agreeing with the speaker of the House for kicking her out of the Commons for saying so. But there are many in the country who agree with Dawn Butler and believe that our prime minister is very much a stranger to truth; one of the most distinguished of those is author and journalist Peter Oborne, who has written a book called ‘The Assault on Truth'. He joined Sputnik to discuss this era of political lying. It has been a nightmare couple of weeks in the Republic of South Africa, the Rainbow Nation in which so many people around the world had invested so much hope. More than 300 people have been killed in the current unrest, thousands of people have lost their jobs, and hundreds of businesses – many of them black-owned companies – have gone bust. There has been extraordinary turbulence on the streets, of a kind not seen since the liberation of the country. There are many sides to this story, so this week we turn to the analysis of award-winning journalist Paula Slier, who has been reporting from the country over the last few weeks.

Episode 30: Have You Ever Gone Commando? Welcome to Inject It podcast, hosted by Alexandra and Deanna! On this week's episode we talk about: Brandson and Bezos go to space Covid Passports? No double Vaccines No ENTRY! Dawn Butler kicked out of parliament for sending shots, Stormzy Madame Tussaud's Have you ever gone commando? Being vulnerable

Dawn Butler is removed from the Houses of Performance... we mean, Parliament, and now has a decision to make for herself and her party. We cover other areas of where the truth has been subverted underneath agendas by the government.

It's time for Parliament's end of term report card. Does anyone at all get an A, or should everyone be forced to repeat the year in disgrace? Special guest Thangam Debbonaire MP, Shadow Leader of the Commons, joins us to explain the meaning of Dawn Butler calling Boris Johnson a liar in the House; whether Rees-Mogg actually casts a shadow; what Labour is doing right and wrong… and her as-yet unpublished novel ‘Murder In The Whip's Office'.“People in space know that Boris Johnson tells lies. I know toddlers who are more honourable than the Prime Minister…” – Thangam Debbonaire“The Olympic committee is like a deeply inconsiderate flatmate hosting a house party at a deeply inconsiderate time.” – Ahir Shah“Johnson has managed to alienate all of his own MPs… and when you've rebelled once, it's so much easier to do it again.” – Marie le Conte“Speaker-watchers will know that Lindsay's been quite shirty with the Government lately…” – Thangam Debbonairehttps://www.patreon.com/bunkercastPresented by Alex Andreou with Marie le Conte and Ahir Shah. Assistant producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic . Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. Produced by Andrew Harrison. The Bunker is a Podmasters Production See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The mandem are joined by a local resident & one of our own, Jay Oguntino (@jayoguntino), to discuss what's been going on. We get into getting into the cinema late & Black Widow [SPOILERS] (7:49), Dave's new album & first impressions (14:23), KSI going to no. 1 & if we consider him an artist (23:34). Kanye finally gave us a preview to Donda (37:15), Dawn Butler holding her own despite #streetsindisarray (46:58), United losing in preseason (58:38) & questioning why gentrification is taking over and will be the death of us (77:15). Mikes also contemplates rapping (93:47) but will it happen? Lock in!@jay_oguntino on the Insta / @jayoguntino on the Tweets@creativeirisldn on the Insta@mikesveryown on the Tweets@slimetalk on the Tweets / @_slimetalk on the InstaSlime Talk on YouTube

Just how great is the crisis in government; including Dawn Butler, Tory lies & sleaze Just how great is the crisis in the Labour Party? Just how great is the Crisis in NHS and the Public Sector? Just how great is the Climate Crisis; is it just a moon wobble?

Paranormal Blip is getting its own podcast! If you are a fan, follow @ParanormalBlip on Twitter - the first episode launches on Friday 30th July. Dawn Butler represented millions of people when she broke parliamentary rules by calling Sausage Johnson a liar. To highlight the corruption spilling out of the Tories, 5 Tory MPs were reprimanded for trying to influence the sentencing of their sexual predator Tory MP buddy. Meanwhile confirmed cases are falling - but that might be bad news! Plus, does the Pfizer vaccine significantly lose its effectiveness after 4 months? Here's a link to a news report about the study: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/pfizer-shot-39-effective-against-infection-in-israel-91-effective-against-severe-disease.html (Swearing)

In this podcast, we jump off from Dawn Butler's expulsion from the House of Commons for the offense of mentioning the Prime Minister's predilection for lying. This event, in combination with incompetent handling of increasing COVID infection, the breakdown in supply chains to supermarkets as a consequence of Brexit, and the steady turning of the right wing press on the Tory government add fuel to a dangerous and chaotic public mood which the far right will attempt to capture. [Free. 31 minutes.]

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Team Danger are back to ask what the hell is going on?! Jonny and Bertie discuss the England football team, 'Freedom Day', Dawn Butler, and Jeff Bezos (the Duke of Space). Plus they talk about 'bra money'. Enjoy x

Iain and Jacqui discuss the NHS payrise, the Police Federation's no confidence in Priti Patel, Dawn Butler being expelled from the House of Commons, the Olympics and much else besides. Smut quota: Middling to low.

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The year is 2021 and still, in the UK, there are no legislations outlawing hair discrimination whether it's in schools or the workplace, with groups such as Project Embrace and the Halo Collective fighting for change, how are we still here? We are joined by MP for Brent Central, Dawn Butler, former Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities, and Kelechi Okafor, actress, director, and public speaker, to talk discuss the problems and possible ways that we can contribute to enforce longstanding positive change.Unpretty Podcast https://www.instagram.com/unprettypodcast/ https://twitter.com/unprettypodcast Dawn Butler Brenthttps://www.instagram.com/dawnbutlerbrent/ https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent Kelechi Okaforhttps://www.instagram.com/kelechnekoff/ https://twitter.com/kelechnekoff The Halo Collective: https://halocollective.co.uk/ Stylist: Let's discuss Naomi Osaka https://www.stylist.co.uk/fitness-health/wellbeing/naomi-osaka-upsetting-pressures-black-female-athletes/528269 Ebony, 1982: What Happened to the Afro https://tinyurl.com/48d65v7t Glamour: Hair Discrimination is Real https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/afro-hair-bias-hair-discrimination This week's beauty recommendations:TK Maxx: This Works No Wrinkles Extreme Moisturiser: https://www.tkmaxx.com/uk/en/womens-early-access/no-wrinkles-extreme-moisturiser-48ml/p/42362294 Estrid Eco Blades: https://estrid.com/uk/products/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Dane Baptiste Questions Everything, a podcast where comedian Dane Baptiste, producer Howard Cohen and a special guest take turns posing questions that just need answering.This is episode 108 and we spoke to politician Dawn Butler MP about the 2021 elections, being in politics and black British voters. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and beyond. #questioneverything @DBQEPodcast Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/danebaptistequestionseverything. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Aine 0:00 This podcast has been produced in partnership with Diva International (makers of the DivaCup) and Media One Creative. This is Pandora's Box: a podcast that is on a mission to uncover how periods affect the lives of those that experience them around the globe. Join us as we travel the world to find real stories by real women and people who menstruate who are championing change and bringing light to the global impact of menstruation. I'm Aine, Cait 0:27 and I'm Cait your hosts.Aine 0:33 People who menstruate around the world that are lacking access to products. In the UK alone, one in 10 people struggle to afford menstrual supplies. Cait, how much do you think you're spending on period products?Cait 0:43 I think I used to spend $20 a month on menstrual products because I always got the kind of fancy comfortable tampons, I think. But since I've been on birth control, an IUD, I don't get my periods very often. So I got those period panties. And I find them to be fantastic. And they were expensive to begin with, but it's a great reusable option. I don't have to spend money anymore.Aine 1:12 I feel the same about the DivaCup. I was thinking about that the other day, I was walking by the tampon aisle and I just thought, "I haven't bought tampons or pads in a year." But it's just the liberation of never having to think about anything. I get my period and I'm like, okay, here's the thing that I use, and it's just there. There's something really, really liberating about that and I just think it's a revolutionary product.Cait 1:35 I can definitely say that when I was a student and walking into the drugstore, I was like, "Oh, I have to spend money on this. I guess I'll take that out of my budget." But it was something I could always afford.Aine 1:48 Whenever I was a student, or whenever I was just started working and was not earning a lot of money, it definitely felt like a big strain on my finances to have to buy menstrual products. So I can't even imagine what it's like to be in a position where you have to choose to buy medical products or to buy food or to buy clothes. Really, over the course of this process in this journey, so many times I've put myself in the shoes of people not being able to afford menstrual products, and I can't imagine how vulnerable that must make them feel not being able to deal with something that you can't stop. It's flowing, it's coming and not being able to control that, that must be so awful. They can't participate. They don't want to go out into society. That must just be a really awful feeling.Cait 2:33 I would think it would be pretty frustrating, too. Because when you think about it, there's toilet paper for free and public washrooms because nobody can control needing to go to the washroom. Like, that's a normal thing you can't stop. It's the exact same thing with periods. It's not like, "Oh, this month, I'm just going to not have it, I'm going to make that choice." So why aren't they giving out free products for periods as well? It would be really frustrating to be like, I don't have money for this. And this is something I have to deal with, but this guy doesn't have to worry about it.Aine 3:08 So that's interesting that you bring that up, because in lot of the studies that we did and a lot of looking into how periods are perceived, a lot of comments have been made by men, that, "Why can't you just hold it in?" Because they think that we can control the flow and that we choose to turn it on, and it's just like a top. I think we watched a video when we doing research and some guy was like, "Girls are just disgusting. Like, can they not hold it in? I don't pee myself. And they're just like, getting blood all over themselves." Like this is an actual thought that people have about periods because they just don't understand the anatomy. And they think that we're just choosing to bleed whenever we feel like it's so pretty shocking.Cait 3:45 To learn more, we sat down with Dawn Butler in London. Dawn is a government champion for those who can't afford period products.Dawn Butler 3:54 Hi, my name is Dawn Butler. I'm the Member of Parliament for Brent Central. I am the opposition spokesperson. So for the Labour Party, I'm the Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities. I used to be a minister under the last Labour Government and I was the first elected black female minister in the UK. Period poverty is almost like phenomenon that's all of a sudden come to light over the last 10 years. It's quite shocking, you know, the sixth richest country in the world, and we've got children, young menstruators who can't go to school because they're on their periods. We've got menstruators who are going to work and using socks instead of towels or cups. And it's quite a shocking thing, because at first you think, "That can't be happening here in the UK." But we've found it's happening more and more often, as people haven't got enough food to eat. They're having to make the decisions on whether to eat, whether to heat their homes, or whether to get menstrual products. It happens everywhere: it happens in the cities, it happens in rural areas, I mean food banks now have started to provide products for people who are menstruating because there was such a need for it.Aine 5:21 After speaking to Dawn, it was really refreshing to hear that there are people focused on fighting period poverty. The more you hear about this issue, the more shocking and frustrating it becomes because you hear about people in impossible situations where they're forced to sit home and just bleed because they cannot get access to the products that they need. We shouldn't have to suffer in silence or just miss out on participating in society because of something that is a bodily function that is just not prioritized at a government level.Cait 5:50 Being born with the ability to menstruate, it shouldn't mean that you don't get to participate and when I've talked to people here in Toronto about how this happens in the Western world, they're totally convinced that it doesn't happen here. But it absolutely is a problem here. There is period poverty and it surprised me how adamant people can be about their idea that it's not a Western world problem at all. After hearing about how period poverty is affecting individuals around the world, we wanted to hear stories from those who have suffered through this crisis. We visited Rachel Krengel to learn more about her story and how she created an organization called Fourth Wave.Rachel Krengel  6:33 And then, what came out of that was that of six lower-middle-class or working-class women, two of us had a personal experience of menstrual poverty that we've never mentioned before. And bear in mind, we're a feminist collective. We talk about our vaginas constantly, but we never ever have shared these stories. There are so many people who are living in really abject poverty but are just managing to hide it because they're juggling, you know, this week we won't buy any food, this week we were buying the menstrual pads, this week we won't turn the heating on. Between it all, we're just about holding together an appearance that we're surviving and not a lot goes on.Aine 7:19 It was at that point that a news article came out reporting that children from Rachel's hometown were regularly missing schools during their periods because they couldn't afford menstrual products.Cait 7:28 Rachel's vision for Fourth Wave is inspiring. Her organization is determined to make a change. It reminded us about something Dawn said on the topic.Dawn Butler 7:37 It shouldn't be the case that you have to worry about something that happens naturally to you that you can't stop. And governments and organizations and societies should ensure that that isn't the case, and that's wherever you go to work, school, university, or prison.Aine 7:58 Dawn isn't the only political figure who believes that menstrual products should be a right, not an expense. We spoke to Danielle Rowley, a Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian in Scotland, to hear her story.Danielle Rowley  8:09 I'm Danielle Rowley, Labour Member of Parliament for Midlothian in Scotland. Came into parliament and I had a question about period poverty and I happened to be on my period so I decided to sort of contextualize the cost of, you know, periods that a lot of women face by saying that I'm on my period and talking about how much it had cost me. I had no idea of when I said in parliament I was on my period that it was the first time anyone had said that before. And I've discovered it's not only in the UK, but I don't think anyone has said in any parliament that they're on their period before. It's not being talked about enough, you know, so I think a lot of people might not come out and say, "I don't want to discuss that." But they're not making sure it's high up on the agenda. And that's just, you know, shown by the fact that I was the first person who said I was on my period in parliament. If we had debates on it like we should do, because it's such a huge issue, then someone would have said that before. So it's not getting the prominence that it deserves.Cait 9:12 Dawn was actually in parliament with MP Danielle Rowley when she stood up and spoke about her period.Dawn Butler 9:18 MP Danielle, she stood up. She ran in, actually, sort of out of breath for a debate and said, "I'm really sorry. I'm on my period." And there were a few gasps, I think, in the chamber. And remember, it's a chamber that's not used to women in the first place. And I felt like putting my hand up and saying, "I'm on my period too." And I found it quite an empowering moment and it's a situation where we should be able to just talk about it without feeling dehumanized, without being ridiculed.  Aine 9:50 Change isn't only happening in the UK. In the U.S., changemakers such as Jennifer Weiss-Wolf are fiercely combating period poverty.Jennifer Weiss-Wolf  9:57 So if the people making the rules aren't people who've experienced menstruation, there's a really good chance they're not even wondering if it's a problem or not. So the combination of the silence, of the shame, of the stigma, with the fact that we do not have a government here in the United States, and I venture to say in most places in the world, where women's needs and women's bodies and women's experiences are elevated and acknowledged, and the laws that we live by viewed through that perspective, you sort of have your perfect storm of menstruation just not being part of the systems that we talk about. And as I'm sure lots of folks have said, that you've talked to, if you don't talk about it, you certainly can't start solving the problem.Cait 10:46 Jennifer brings up an interesting perspective on the need for diverse voices amongst policymakers is the reason that period poverty isn't prominent in government conversations simply because there's a lack of menstrual representation.Aine 10:59 I find this really frustrating, because to me, it seems so obvious that is an issue that should be taken into account, and also that these are products that shouldn't be taxed. So it just seems so obvious to me. But that's because I experienced menstruation. So if there's no representation of people that menstruate in governments, then that has got to be the reason why these policies are being ignored and not given priority at all.Cait 11:29 It's impossible to understand what the policies need to be if you can't understand the experience of menstruation. I find it very frustrating that I don't have somebody to advocate for me with the full knowledge of what it's like to have your period and what the costs associated are and what the barriers are involved in menstruating.Aine 11:51 I think this is an example of gender inequality contributing to further gender inequality. So the fact that there's less women in government is due to gender inequality, and now that's contributing to further gender inequality, because women and people who menstruate are not being given the priority that they deserve in order to get these issues solved. I think the tampon tax is such a clear example of this. If you had somebody who menstruates sitting in the room when they decided that this was a luxury item, they would have said, actually, wait a second. There's nothing luxurious about having a period. It's just something that happens. To help us answer this question, we asked Elissa Stein, a menstrual historian, and familiar voice from episode one.Elissa Stein  12:34 So women only got the right to vote not even 100 years ago, and because of the mindset of hysteria, and emotional imbalance, and women were just intrinsically more frail, because of their uterus and because of menstruation, so many people in the world thought that, you know, in the United States in England, women didn't have the right to vote, because they were not stable enough. And there was a huge political discourse in the United States about whether women should have the right to vote. And for a couple of years, politicians, leaders in the country were coming out making public statements about whether they thought that women should be able to vote or not. So the whole fight about suffragettes wasn't just about the right to vote, it was whether women were strong enough or emotionally capable of voting. So that to why women couldn't have a job outside the home, why a woman couldn't own property, why a woman became her husband's possession when they got married, it's all based on her not being capable of making decisions on your own because she menstruated and that rendered her too emotionally insecure. To function as her own person, she needed to have a man to take care of her and make decisions. In our current political environment, where women are being demonized in many ways, where gender and sexuality are at the top of the list of reasons for hate crimes. This brings menstruation back into a conversation in a different way. What sets men and women apart menstruation. So it's an easy target. It's an easy way for people to belittle, to judge, to tell women that they're not competent.Cait 14:14 Dawn also had an important point on this topic.Dawn Butler 14:18 It's about respecting women and respecting people who menstruate. Because too often, our legislation and policies are all geared towards dehumanizing and devaluing women, and the role that women play in society. And I think this is part of it. This is part of us owning it and saying, "This is what happens. This happens to me and this is what we need to do to make it easier for me to go about my daily business." And so I think we take it from a perspective of empowering. This is an empowering conversation. And it means that, you know, it adds dignity and pride to everybody else that's going through it. Aine 14:58 So if these are the issues the Western world is facing, what's happening in the global south?Cait 15:03 65% of women and girls cannot afford menstrual products in Kenya. A pack of 10 sanitary pads costs just over $1, which is roughly the daily wage of an unskilled laborer. Kenya was actually the first country to promise free menstrual products in school.Aine 15:20 While we were in Kenya, we talked to Esther Passaris, the women's representative for Nairobi, to learn about the country's stance on period products.Esther Passaris  15:28 The discussion on the importance of having sanitary towels given to our girls, and how not having it impacted their education, it didn't give them an equal opportunity, started because you had more women in parliament. And then the women were also able to lobby the men because the men understand that their daughters go through this. So the men, I guess, rather than stand in Parliament and oppose it, which would be an embarrassing situation to even discuss it, it was an easy sale. But the thing is, making the budget, you know, allocating budget for women issues, is always a challenge. So it took a while before the president accepted into law, the provision of sanitary towels, and it's still going to take a while before we can actually implement it.Cait 16:19 Despite what people may think, Kenya is progressive in regards to menstrual policy. Sabrina Rubli, who's the founder of Femme International had an interesting take.Sabrina Rubli  16:28 It's just gonna take time. It's one of those issues that even though it's extremely widespread, and so many people have to manage their periods every month, it's going to take time for that to actually turn into concrete changes at the community level and at the very local level where these girls need it the most. But with the growth of Menstrual Hygiene Day, over the last five years, governments are getting involved. The Kenyan government especially has been super progressive. Tanzania's government is also starting that conversation at the higher levels, which is really exciting. And organizations like Femme are going to be here to make sure that they follow up on their promises and maintain that commitment to girls' education. Aine 17:08 It's exciting to hear that shifts are starting to happen. People are taking action against period poverty.Cait 17:14 It's incredibly motivating to see changes being made in the political space, I think it's really important for governments to support people who menstruate. And I think that there's a lot that we can do as citizens to also contribute to this change. I think that reaching out to your representative and really highlighting the issues around period poverty is incredibly important. I think it goes under the radar because nobody talks about them. So it's really difficult as well for your government to address these issues if nobody is talking about them.Aine 17:48 As frustrating as it is that this is still such a huge issue, it is reassuring to see there are so many people who are making noise right now. There are so many changemakers and influencers who are really yelling from the rooftops that this is something that governments need to take notice of this is something that people need to get their heads out of the sand and start dealing with. There are so many people starting public conversations about this, that I feel like it's going to spur on the movement.Cait 18:18 One thing that we learned when we were in Kenya was that a lot of people from the Western world are making reusable pads and then sending them to countries in East Africa. But there are amazing groups in East Africa that are helping women to set up businesses where they make reusable pads and then sell them for a really affordable price to people in their community. And they were saying, "Please don't send us reusable pads. That doesn't help us as much as if you were to send us the materials that you need to make reusable pads." So that specific material that absorbs is really hard to come by, it's much more helpful to send this particular type of material called poly urethane laminate, which they use for the reusable pads as the moisture barrier. Because this allows women to actually sew their own reusable pads and sell them in their community which allows them to get an income and then they can spend that money in their community. And that really grows their community's economic wellbeing. After hearing about Kenya's move on free menstrual products, we were curious if this was a global phenomenon amongst governments. After all, Canada, the U.S. and Scotland have been providing free menstrual products.Aine 19:41 To start off, we talked to Dawn Butler in the UK. Dawn Butler 19:45 What we said as the Labour Party is that once we're in government, we would provide free products in schools, colleges, and homeless shelters. And it's to ensure that anyone who's menstruating have access to products without feeling ashamed without having to miss school and without having to miss work. And so we found the money. And we're dedicated to ensuring that there's products in schools, colleges, universities and homeless shelters. And we're committed to do that on day one of us entering office in government. So the Labor Party at the moment and one of my Shadow Ministers, Carolyn Harris, she's going around giving out these products in prisons, to women who on the street, just to make sure that's one less thing that they have to worry about.Aine 20:39 After speaking to Dawn, we wanted to see what's happening in North America. So in September of 2019, the Toronto District School Board announced they were going to provide free menstrual products for all girls and students that menstruate. This is huge. I mean, this just means that it's eradicating period poverty within schools, which is a lot of the time where girls and students that menstruate are impacted the most because it's affecting their education and their ability to participate.Cait 21:06 So Kenya was actually the first country to get rid of the sales tax on menstrual products. And that happened in 2004. Since then, Australia, Canada, Colombia, India, Ireland, Slovakia, and a few other countries have cut down the taxes on menstrual products.Aine 21:27 So we have this fun little segment of the documentary where we show all of the items that are exempt from sales tax. So there's cowboy boots, Twizzlers, Bibles, Cait 21:39 Fruit Roll-ups,Aine 21:40 gun club memberships, Cait 21:42 Pop Tarts, Aine 21:44 golf club memberships, Cait 21:46 Viagra, Aine 21:46 Rogaine. They're not seen as luxury items, but tampons are. We actually had this very interesting discussion. We were at the Women's March in New York, and we met these guys who were actually protesting the Women's March. And we talked to them about this. And we said, "What do you think about the fact that Viagra is not taxed? Rogaine is not taxed?" And one of the guys said, "Well, that's not men's fault." And we said, "Okay, so periods are a woman's fault." And they were like, "Yeah. Yeah, they are." So that was pretty eye-opening. Next, we spoke with Elissa Stein, to see what the U.S. is doing to combat period poverty.Elissa Stein  22:26 In the past nine years since it came out, the conversation has exploded. In New York City, girls now have access to menstrual products at school, free of charge. This is a necessity of life for women. And it's taxed in so many places, it's being repealed. That's amazing that the conversation is going from beyond the United States to all these different countries where women don't have access to products don't even have conversations about what menstruation is. That people are taking the time and thoughtfulness to educate is profound.Cait 23:03 Hearing from Dawn and Elissa made us think about Kiran Gandhi's story about free bleeding in the London Marathon during our first episode. We were curious to hear her thoughts on the tampon tax.Madame Gandhi  23:14 I think that we live in a world that profits off of women's bodies and bodies in general, taxing something like a tampon as a luxury item in the same way. Viagra, which is actually a luxury item gets taxed is not an equal parallel. And one of the most problematic things that we do in this society is that in order for us to understand women's bodies, men and the society constantly feel the need to identify the male parallel. And so when I ran, I remember so many times people will be like, "Well, that's like a man doing number two when he's running." Or like, "Oh, that's like a man having an ejaculation when he's running." And I'm like, "Actually, it's unlike either of those things, because women have the parallel of those two exact things." And it's okay that there's no parallel of menstruation to men. You don't have to masculinize our bodies in order to understand them. In fact, I think we're a little bit more intelligent than that. And so with this tampon tax, because people parallel it to something that's a false parallel, it gets taxed incorrectly. And it is certainly a necessity. It's a public health necessity. Aine 24:21 It's inspiring to hear the passion that these individuals have to change the way we interact with period products.Cait 24:27 Because a lot of people really want to understand comparable products for men that are like tampons. But somebody made a really interesting point who we talked to, and they said, "Why do you need a comparable product? Not everything is all about men. Women can just have something that's a women's thing, and you don't need to defend it by coming up with a comparison with men."Aine 24:51 I'm going to guess that the tampon tax exists because when it was introduced there, most likely were no people who menstruate around the table. And I would say something that is defined as a luxury is something that we don't need, something that we want. But we need these products. They're not luxury, they're necessity. Definitely representation in governments by all genders is so important because this is just one thing that's being missed and overlooked of course there are other things that only women experience that are not getting enough priority because they're misrepresented in governments.Cait 25:32 To get to the bottom of the issue, when we sat down with Rachel Krengel, we asked her why she thinks premium tampon taxes exist.Rachel Krengel  25:39 The tampon tax is an interesting and complicated issue and a lot of misinformation exists on it. What it really is, it's an issue of political representation because the UK government was given X amount of time to decide what products were going to be tax free when they entered the EU, and at that point, there were very few menstruators in parliament. So who was going to say, "Actually we probably should put menstrual pads and tampons as tax free." Nobody, because the vast majority of people in parliament weren't menstruators and that still remains that there are still considerably less menstruators than non-menstruators in all levels of political representation. It's getting better, but it's getting better slowly.Aine 26:21 In this episode we tackle the period poverty crisis and explored why it is a global issue. We learned why it's happening and what's been done to take action. We talked to multiple women in parliament pushing to make change.Cait 26:33 Period poverty has remained invisible for a long time, but now it's finally beginning to receive the light it deserves.Aine 26:40 Tune into our next episode where you learn about the new products and innovations being created within the menstruation space.Cait 26:47 Also a big thanks to her podcasting team for producing this. This episode was edited by Brittany Nguyen, Alison Osborne and Stephanie Andrews.Aine 27:04 Since recording this podcast, huge progress has been made in the UK. Menstrual products are now available for free in all schools and in 2021, the UK government eradicated the tampon tax. Pandora's Box is also an award-winning feature-length documentary. To find out where to watch the film, you can visit pandorasboxthefilm.com 

Here we are - Episode three! It's quite a job getting a podcast episode up and running. Big thanks to my co host, Thelma Walker, and to this week's very special guest, the wonderful Dawn Butler. Subjects covered include, dealing with the media, life as an MP, and hopes for the future, plus much more. I'm going to say it - this is a great episode! Thanks to Hurricane Rodriguez for the tech help and the music - you are much appreciated. Please remember to subscribe - I'm told it really helps with building up the numbers - how, I have no idea. Thank you for listening. Kind regards Tom Widdicombe

A life devoted to fighting for women's rights and racial equality in the UK, Dawn Butler MP gave us all sorts of feels! We hope you enjoy the chat as much as we did, and feel inspired. Dawn Butler is a women's rights advocate, and member of parliament for Brent Central, plus she is the first elected Black female government minister in the UK and she was recently featured in Vogue's top 25 women shaping 2020 Find Dawn on social media: https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent https://www.instagram.com/dawnbutlerbrent/

Sofie talks to Dawn Butler MP about being a black woman in the public eye, reflection, safety, helping people, process, the political, and the personal. Content warning – coronavirus, insomnia, death, bereavement, online abuse, death threats, racism, violence, lynchingArtwork by Justine McNicholJingle by Harriet BraineProduced by Dave Pickering Made of Human Podcast online:Twitter: @podmohFacebook: facebook.com/madeofhumanpodcastWeb: madeofhumanpodcast.comPatreon: patreon.com/mohpod Sofie Hagen online:Twitter: @SofieHagenFacebook: facebook.com/sofiehagen.komikerWeb: sofiehagen.comInstagram: @sofiehagendk

An increasing number of people are now working from home and virtual learning is also bringing the kids home too. With everyone home all the time, things can get uncomfortable around the house. Renee talks with new homeowner, Dawn Butler, about comfort issues around the home and what she did about it.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week on The Knight Tube Stephen Knight speaks to editor of Spiked Brendan O'Neill. They discuss Spiked's reputation, the limits of free speech, incitement to violence, editing old 'problematic' movies, the killing of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter, the 'racial profiling' of Bianca Williams and Dawn Butler, the Muslim council of Britain pressuring the BBC to remove religious details from headlines, Charlie Hebdo, new diversity rules for The Oscars and more! Support the podcast at http://www.patreon.com/gspellchecker Watch the video version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmdpbp9m-Rw&t=465s Read Spiked: www.spiked-online.com Also available on iTunes, Stitcher, YouTube & Spotify.      

MP Dawn Butler and actress Lorna Gayle join Gloria to discuss mental health. Their roundtable discussion features topics of personal reflection, self-help and resilience. 

Talking politics and power with Labour MP Dawn Butler. Britain's first female Black MP to become a minister in government, Dawn shares her experiences of navigating the” white space” of Westminster. Letitia George, Aminata Kamara and Simone Riley join Jessie Aru-Phillips for Episode 2 of Season 3 of the #SisCollective. Produced by Carly Appleby (BBC Radio Gloucestershire) and Karen Gabay (BBC Radio Manchester). Originally broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside.

This week we put some of the stories about racism in the recent news into historical context: Dawn Butler stopped by police, the so-called "crisis" over migrant crossings, and Prince Harry on the roots of racism.     Dawn Butler's Tribune article    Amnesty on the Gangs Matrix    Scene from Nightcrawler    The media and refugee Aylan Kurdi    'Greece abandons 1000 migrants'    49% of Britons don't sympathise with migrants    Prince Harry on racism    Queen Elizabeth I, racism and slavery    LGBT+ Labour Scotland tweet

As GCSE results come out Dan asks if schools should ever have shut and author of the mindful teacher Francis Gilbert & chair of the Campaign for Real Education Chris McGovern debate. Anne Widdecombe gives her thoughts on Dawn Butler being stopped by police. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the NINETY-SEVENTH episode of #UpTheM1. In this episode we discuss London, Sideman quitting, the BBC, Dawn Butler pulled over, Nella Roses' clothing line Faces selling out, Will Smith's Teeth, WAP video, we play Guess The Celebrity by their first name plus our #TweetsOfTheWeek with Isaac Saierre. Hosts: Danyelle Twitter: @dxgtweets : https://twitter.com/dxgtweets Olivia Twitter: @Olivia891 : https://twitter.com/OliviaLiv891 Instagram: @liv_21.x : https://www.instagram.com/liv_21.x/ Urban Soul Twitter - @UR8ANSOUL : https://twitter.com/UR8ANSOUL Instagram - @ur8an_soul : https://www.instagram.com/ur8an_soul/ MUSIC : @drew_archie - www.instagram.com/drew_archie/ Get in touch and share your questions with us... Twitter : https://twitter.com/UpTheM1Podcast Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/upthem1podcast/ #UpTheM1Podcast #TweetsOfTheWeek

Dan tells us he will not be shamed for going on holiday during the pandemic. As A Level results are published amongst much confusion due to the government's 'triple lock' plan to compensate for having to cancel exams, Schools Minister Nick Gibb responds and Spectator columnist Douglas Murray gives his reaction to Dawn Butler's claim of racial profiling after being stopped by police. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Iain Dale and Jacqui Smith discuss the Channel migrants, Kamala Harris, bleak economic figures, Dawn Butler and Ben & Jerries. They also talk about Jacqui’s imminent summer holiday and who will be replacing her on the next three episodes. Stand by for some quality corpsing too. Smut quota: Medium

We speak to Labour MP Dawn Butler about institutional racism in Britain’s police. Plus, BBC breakfast go on a ‘migrant safari’, Andrew Neil is reportedly in the running as the next chair of the BBC, and David Miliband brands Corbyn and the Labour left ‘wreckers’.

We speak to Labour MP Dawn Butler about institutional racism in Britain’s police. Plus, BBC breakfast go on a ‘migrant safari’, Andrew Neil is reportedly in the running as the next chair of the BBC, and David Miliband brands Corbyn and the Labour left ‘wreckers’.

LBC Newshour, Dawn Butler's police incident & immigration

Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage discussed the Home Secretary's plans for navy warships to block migrants crossing the channel. Admiral Lord Alan West, Former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff joins Julia to talk about the appointment of former National Crime Agency executive Dan O'Mahoney as the UK's Clandestine Channel Threat Commander. Julia is also joined by Care Minister Helen Whately. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Protests, a presidential race and a pandemic. The last few months in the US have thrust questions of racial justice and equality to the fore.As Kimberly Jones, US activist, writer and one of our guests this week, explains in this eloquent and essential video, the social consequences of centuries of systemic racism are truly devastating.As the UK reckons with its own history, and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minorities, our conversations seem to intersect. What are the parallels between the US and UK contexts? How do we build effective international anti-racism movements which support one another? We're joined by Labour MPs Clive Lewis and Dawn Butler, and US writer and activist Kimberly Jones for a lively, open and highly topical conversation about where we're all headed…"It's Bloody Complicated" is recorded every Tuesday at 6pm BST. Become a Compass Member to join our live recordings and bring your questions to our guests: https://action.compassonline.org.uk/podcastSupport the show (https://www.compassonline.org.uk/podcast/)

Chris Mason presents political debate from Broadcasting House, London.

Following the death of George Floyd, global Black Lives Matter protests, and debates raging over statues from Colston to Churchill, Intelligence Squared hosted an online discussion with historian David Olusoga, Labour MP Dawn Butler, and philosopher Susan Neiman who is author of 'Learning from the Germans: Confronting Race and the Memory of Evil'. The conversation was chaired by broadcaster Yassmin Abdel-Magied. ------------------------------Intelligence Squared+. The world's best speakers. Your questions. £4.99 per month.Intelligence Squared+ will bring you live, interactive events every week on our new online platform. Just like at our real-life events, you’ll be able to put your questions to our speakers, vote in live polls and interact with other members of the audience. Your subscription will give you access to multiple events featuring the world’s top thinkers and opinion formers, including Thomas Piketty, Margaret Atwood, Clive Woodward, Thomas Friedman, Meera Syal and Paloma Faith.For a full list of Intelligence Squared+ events and to subscribe, click here: https://bit.ly/2yfYIfm See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

After a weekend of Black Lives Matter protests across the country Dan asks if the police should have done more to prevent violence. Labour MP Dawn Butler talks with Dan over whether the protests were really a good idea in the midst of a pandemic and journalists Nadine Batchelor-Hunt and Daniel Hannan debate whether the pulling down of a statue of a slaver in Bristol was the correct thing to do. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Should the government introduce a new surcharge tax to pay for the NHS and social care as the cost of the coronavirus crisis spirals? That's Dan's question of the day. To delve deeper into the financial implication of the pandemic former chief secretary to the Treasury David Gauke is on hand and Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities Dawn Butler debates whether No.10 might be doing better if more women were in the cabinet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode we talk about what we bought when we started in Sugarcraft, what we would re-buy, what was a waste of time plus all our regular features. Please excuse the sound quality. We are in quarantine to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and had to record over Zoom without our microphones. Things are changing quickly so items mentioned in this episode may have been cancelled, rescheduled or updated since we recorded. This episode may also be quieter than normal.New stuffKaren Davis moulds https://karendaviessugarcraft.co.uk/product-category/moulds/Dawn Butler airbrushing https://www.dinkydoodle.co.uk/ or https://www.facebook.com/DinkydoodleDawn/The Sugarpaste https://www.thecakedecoratingcompany.co.uk/cake-decorating-supplies-c20/sugarpaste-icing-c43/the-sugar-paste-white-1kg-6kg-new-improved-recipe-p8844Cake International on tour London cancelled https://www.cakeinternational.co.uk/london/Patchwork cutters tutorials https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3VRRUhnf80ub3d8hfnH-PQZoes fancy cakes tutorials https://www.youtube.com/user/zoesfancycakes and https://www.facebook.com/zoesfancycakes/Marc Suarez tutorials https://www.facebook.com/ledouxcollage/What we're up toHula hoop class https://www.facebook.com/flyingfantastic/Race across the world https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002tvsTiler Peck ballet https://www.instagram.com/tilerpeck/?hl=enMain featureEdgers https://www.cake-stuff.com/search/edgersZoes fancy cakes face mould https://zoes-fancy-cakes.myshopify.com/collections/mouldsKaren Davis face mould https://karendaviessugarcraft.co.uk/product/five-face-head-mould/Belissimo smoothers https://www.squires-shop.com/product/bellissimo-flexi-smoothersSam's Tappit video https://youtu.be/GM_Xa7JDC5IVictorinox knives https://www.victorinox.com/uk/en/Products/Cutlery/Paring-Knives/Swiss-Classic-Paring-Knife/p/6.7601Clickstix https://www.windsorcakecraft.co.uk/the_windsor_clikstix_range.htmlFractal white pens https://zoes-fancy-cakes.myshopify.com/products/fractal-calligra-brush-pen-whiteLarge sandwich bags, I got my brands confused, these are massive. https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/297040388Ones to WatchRebecca Cahill Roots, Betty Etiquette https://www.instagram.com/bettyetiquette/?hl=enBianca Benn, Cake Pop Princess https://www.instagram.com/cakepopprincess/?hl=enSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/the-sugarcraft-junkies. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Alexis Conran is joined by immigration lawyer Stephen Slater to discuss the government's new points-based policy, Labour MP Justin Madders to talk about Dawn Butler's controversial leadership tweet and TaxWatch's George Turner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Labour deputy leadership candidate Dawn Butler says that if Brexit is the reason the Conservatives have not nominated John Bercow for a peerage, then that amounts to bullying of the former Speaker. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says that Parliament is "a better place" without Mr Bercow. Plus Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham on his compromise offer to the government on HS2.

Katy Balls hosts this week's Sunday Roundup, with contributions coming from John Bercow, Dawn Butler, Robert Jenrick, Robert Buckland, Jeremy Hunt, Rosena Allin-Khan and Liu Xiaoming. Produced by Matthew Taylor.

On today’s episode, Jennifer discusses turning 28, her right to sleep for the rest of her life, and surprising benefits of Brexit to her bank account. Jennifer also updates you on the recent events in British politics, Dawn Butler’s big spoken word debut, Jeremy Corbyn tributes, Emily Thornberry’s very strong feelings about the SNP, and, of course, Brexit. Featuring The Poems: BoJack Horseman Sleeping Pick A Card Timestamps: Pile 1 - 38:14 Pile 2 - 42:41 Pile 3 - 48:00 Pile 4 - 53:54 Find more information on Jennifer Juan and her work, along with hundreds of free to access poems, short stories and videos at www.jenniferjuan.com   Order the new single Christmas Citalopram at https://jenniferjuan.com/music/christmas-citalopram/ Pre-Order the upcoming Poetry and Music collection, Deus Ex Machina at https://jenniferjuan.com/merchandise/books/deus-ex-machina/ See Jennifer Juan perform live: https://jenniferjuan.com/events/  Find Jennifer Juan on social media:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/missjsquared Jennifer Juan on Instagram: https://instagram.com/missjsquared Sincerely, Jennifer x on Instagram: https://Instagram.com/sincerelyjenniferx Tumblr: www.missjsquared.tumblr.com   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JenniferJuan  Rumbl: https://rumbl.me/user/5d41592c6c5b8616a2a47762?userid=5d41592c6c5b8616a2a47762 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/missjsquared   Bandcamp: http://jenniferjuan.bandcamp.com   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5aUVh1Lp3P6o5IW39iopyV?si=7OEc_qoWTL-S0eg0wQ8pHw   Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/jennifer-juan/1293313532   Soundcloud: https://m.soundcloud.com/missjsquared  Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/missjsquared  PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/jenniferjuan  Merchandise: https://jenniferjuan.com/merchandise/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sincerelyjenniferx/message

Labour Party Deputy Leadership Candidate Dawn Butler joins Michael Walker to discuss her vision for Labour, and why she thinks she deserves members’ votes. Interview With Dawn Butler

Labour Party Deputy Leadership Candidate Dawn Butler joins Michael Walker to discuss her vision for Labour, and why she thinks she deserves members’ votes. Interview With Dawn Butler

Yo! We're still exhausted and depressed from the hated 12th December, but our post-election episode featuring longstanding friend of the show Jude Wanga (@judeinlondon2 on Twitter) is now here! We do our best to hold the line and defend the left programme in these horribly unpleasant circumstances, whilst looking to the future rather than dwelling on the plain fact that our agenda didn't come across as well as it should have done. Jude drops one of the first heavyweight endorsements of the leadership contest as she comes out in favour of Rebecca Long-Bailey for leader and Dawn Butler for deputy, and we have a look at the leadership field (as it stood just before Christmas) more generally. The recriminations are bitter, the spice spliffs lit, and the slugs firmly salted. Closing jam: THE ETERNAL WAR by Crazy Moose (written by Jack Frayne-Reid)

Featuring Jacqui Kelly, Carol McFarland, Molly Robbins, Jacqueline Butler, Silvia Mancini, Emma Jayne, Corinna Maguire, Rosie Cake Diva, Dawn Butler, Christine and Phil Jenson, Prachi Dhabal Deb, Isabel Tamargo, Val Seitz, Tracey Mann, and Ben Fullard. Show notes: http://www.eat-the-evidence.com/podcast/episode-47-cake-international-2019/

Daniel, Shehab and Robert bring you this special edition of Calling Peston from the post-debate spin room in Salford straight after Tuesday night's head-to-head between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn on ITV. The room is packed full of Conservative and Labour politicians telling journalists their man won - Daniel and Shehab speak to two of them: Tory Chairman James Cleverly and Labour’s shadow equalities minister Dawn Butler. We also get results of YouGov’s snap poll on who won the debate, and catch up with Robert on what he thinks could be the lasting effect of this head-to-head on the election campaign. And after Corbyn and Johnson were asked by debate moderator Julie Etchingham what they would buy each other for Christmas, Robert tells Daniel and Shehab the presents he would get them... We're back on Thursday at around 5pm with a new episode, and we'll bring you episodes every weekday right up until the election. Don’t forget to subscribe - and if you like what you hear, rate and review the podcast. Get in touch with the Calling Peston team - contact @DanielHewittITV, @ShehabKhan and @Peston. For the latest election news, go to itv.com/news and follow @ITVNewsPolitics on Twitter.

1) All You need is Law…  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsncCF9O_U&t=1154s https://www.ijm.org/news/ijm-announces-deaths-of-three-individuals-associated-with-its-kenya-operations-following-their-june-23rd-disappearance 2) The Madness of Universities. UK University bows to Chinese Government. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hong-kong-students-told-to-remove-protest-display-at-university-of-york-q0t5rfqgs American Universities funded by Muslim governments - https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/muslim-nations-are-donating-huge-amounts-to-american-universities-heres-why?utm_content=buffer73688&utm_medium=WCDM%2BBuffer&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=WCDM&sfns=mo https://reason.com/2019/10/22/seattle-math-oppressive-cultural-woke?fbclid=IwAR2cBcSC1POC6lE98JHaLcDY9a-asQDDShv4e050fYyOvGxWPtgQ4gEWIZ8&sfns=mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14  - Science must fail. The first 30 seconds. https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/oxford-university-clapping-ban-jazz-hands/?sfns=mo The Sound of Silence - the first minute of this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4 3) British Election and Voting Age - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/06/give-six-year-olds-the-vote-says-cambridge-university-academic  David Bowie and the Internet - https://twitter.com/i/status/1187755253510348801 President Obama - https://twitter.com/i/status/1189349299118727168 Gay giraffes - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7617913/Gay-giraffe-row-splits-upper-ranks-Labour-party-Dawn-Butler-ridiculed-senior-advisers.html https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/new-row-over-census-question-on-21-sexual-orientations-1-5036038 https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/6-foot-5-inch-male-wins-girls-running-event-named-woman-of-the-week?sfns=mo https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/25/chick-fil-a-scotland-macdonald-aviemore-hotel-reading/ All Queensland children to be taught they were not born male or female. https://www.acl.org.au/mr_qld_gender?fbclid=IwAR1wDJ7ELcvxQiavfEmxuTPag3AnMASoadwy0EGUtdsVJJB-2p1n7FZGCoE Kanye West https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgLOv36an3s&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR364w6lUmJ3bNARB0G6gGGbyDbFEVRRqpnW2HJEVkLUN_qahvwsczwjFtM From 8:30 -10:00 min https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/october-web-only/masters-seminary-grad-takes-kanyes-crowds-to-church.html?fbclid=IwAR2lfTHVjo9L47LA_DGmq9Ya22FgFvG_NjA4GlM7aVGW4jwQTt4MrBwhvCo&sfns=mo https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50178788?ns_campaign=bbcnews&ns_source=facebook&ocid=socialflow_facebook&ns_mchannel=social https://murraycampbell.net/2019/10/26/kanye-wests-new-music-language/ https://variety.com/2019/music/reviews/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-review-1203384481/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgLOv36an3s&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR09RQbqJtZ4nuYqpkFddp0yukKte5RwBtTh1NdNUQFGjjfUHhz7tCe9Lag      “Some forms of stupidity require a very high IQ”   Simon Manchester. "The US economic system is free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich.". Gore Vidal.            

Featuring Dawn Butler of Dinkydoodle Designs. Show notes: http://www.eat-the-evidence.com/podcast/episode-45-dawn-butler/

Jonathan Dimbleby presents political debate from Wymondham High Academy in Norfolk

Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this week are Dawn Butler, Shadow Secretary of State for Women and Equalities & Labour MP for Brent Central; Alberto Costa, Conservative MP for South Leicestershire; Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrat MP for North Norfolk and Jack Blanchard, Editor of Politico's London Playbook.

This is the unedited show which Iain and Jacqui co-hosted on LBC from 10pm on local election night through until 4am the following morning, minus the adverts. Results, analysis and quite a few laughs with studio guests Liz Truss, Barry Gardiner, Liam Fox, Susan Kramer, James Cleverly, Dawn Butler, Ayesha Hazarika, Rachel Shabi, Matt Zarb-Cousin, Jonathan Bartley, Suzanne Evans, Paul Scully, Siobhan McDonagh and Chris Skidmore.

The Shadow Equalities Secretary on her experiences of racism in Parliament, dealing with anti-Semitism in the Labour Party, and why she asks her constituents to pull their trousers up.

This week Steve and Richie (two straight, white, middle class, cisgender men) teach you about diversity. Lol jk of course not. That’d be ridiculous. Instead, we talk to AlexReads and Raifa Rafiq from the [Mostly Lit podcast](https://soundcloud.com/mostlylitpod). We discuss representation, political correctness, freedom of speech, whether the UK will ever have a non white PM and much more. * * * [Mostly Lit on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mostlylit?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) [Dawn Butler on Twitter](https://twitter.com/DawnButlerBrent) * * * Recommended reading/watching [Children of Blood and Bone](https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/tomi-adeyemi/children-of-blood-and-bone) [Black-ish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-ish) [Brit(ish)](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1112508/brit-ish/) [](https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1112508/brit-ish/) [Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race](https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-9781408870570/) [Hold Tight](https://www.influxpress.com/hold-tight/) [The Tiger Hunter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3853830/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15) ----- Follow us: [Twitter](https://twitter.com/whatampolitics) | [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/whatampolitics/) Theme music by Supermarket Love: [Soundcloud](https://soundcloud.com/supermarketlove) | [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/artist/5zCu0CM9BMBKjI2EWC2DgH) | [iTunes](https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/supermarket-love/id560396418)

Iain & Jacqui dissect the week’s Brexit speeches, Jacqui defends “His Toniness” while Iain launches into an attack on corrupt councils and incompetent councillors. They question the appointment of Monroe Bergdorf as equalities adviser to Dawn Butler, while Iain explains how you can be both gay and Tory. Iain tells of the moment he was spooked by Peter Mandelson and reveals he’s joining a gym!

Annika is joined by publicist Brenda Gabriel, and journalist turned author Davina Hamilton.Brenda shares the heartbreaking story of her recent miscarriage. She and Davina also talk about working closely with their partners, juggling motherhood and running a business and why it’s important to have representation in children’s books.Dawn Butler, Labour MP for Brent Central, talks about how she overcomes challenges, and why it’s important to keep it together in the face of those who are trying to bring you down! @AnnikaAllen@BrendaGabrielBG@davina_writes ‏@DawnButlerBrent@weareunedited See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Heather Stewart is joined by Aarti Shankar, Anne Perkins and Jennifer Rankin to discuss a Brexit war cabinet at war with itself. Plus Labour's equalities secretary, Dawn Butler, on 100 years of women's suffrage and the work still to do. Please support our work and help us keep the world informed. To fund us, go to https://www.theguardian.com/give/podcast

With pressure growing on the government to make a decision about what it wants the UK's future relationship with the EU to look like, Niall speaks to committed Brexiteer and Housing Minister Dominic Raab. He also discusses equality and abuse in politics with Labour's Shadow Women & Equalities Minister Dawn Butler. #Paterson

After Boris Johnson laid out his Brexit red lines in a newspaper article, Niall talks to Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green. He also chats to students and former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan about the Conservative Party's future. Dawn Butler joins him to discuss the public sector pay cap and Labour's Brexit position, and Ed Davey explains why the Lib Dems are still relevant. #Paterson