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Jul 13

Baroness Warsi drops two stone and beats diabetes for the sake of the NHS

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is the first to admit that five months ago she would have been the perfect target for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new crusade to tackle Britain’s battle with the bulge.

Stepping onto the scales last December, the Conservative life peer was horrified to see her weight top 12st 10lb — her heaviest since being pregnant with her daughter 22 years ago.

Just 5ft 2in tall and with a Body Mass Index of 32.5, there was simply no avoiding the fact that the hips don’t lie.

‘That was my ‘now or never’ moment. I thought: ‘This is not what I want to be,’ ‘ says Baroness Warsi, 49, who in 2007 became the House of Lords’ youngest member at 36.

Read about Lady Warsi’s journey here

Jul 13

We don’t need another inequalities review: we need the political will to enact change

“The men and women taking to the streets across the globe under the banner of Black Lives Matter want to be heard. They want to hear an acknowledgement of the mistakes of the past and a genuine commitment to future change. Their ask is no different to the ask many of us have had all our lives.” – Baroness Warsi’s comments on racism for the Times

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Oct 24

The Guardian: Sayeeda Warsi – Tories will lose if they focus only on Europe and immigration

Sayeeda Warsi – Tories will lose if they only focus on Europe and immigration

Lady Warsi claims that while contending with Ukip is necessary, a lurch to the right by David Cameron would spell defeat

Oct 16

Baroness Warsi – ​UK govt ‘ignored’ vote to recognize Palestine

Baroness Warsi – ​UK govt ‘ignored’ vote to recognize Palestine

“My question @UKHouseofLords today asked for the Governments position on #RecognisePalestine. Sadly got ‘stock answer,’ ignored Mondays vote,” she tweeted.

Oct 12

The Guardian: MPs should recognise Palestine to honour the civilians who died in Gaza

MPs should recognise Palestine to honour the civilians who died in Gaza

Oct 12

The Guardian: Lady Warsi on Palestine, Islam, quitting and how to stay true to your beliefs

Lady Warsi on Palestine, Islam, quitting and how to stay true to your beliefs

In her first major interview since the turmoil following her resignation, the first Muslim minister tells Mark Townsend of her struggle at the dispatch box and why her book won’t tell tales

Aug 14

The Tablet: Baroness Warsi – ‘we should have seen the Iraq crisis coming’

Baroness Warsi – ‘we should have seen the Iraq crisis coming’

During my time in Government I regularly spoke about religious freedom and the increase in the persecution of religious minorities. In a speech I gave at Georgetown University in Washington last November I talked about a global crisis of increasing religious persecution, especially in those countries where Christianity was born. I warned that a mass exodus was already taking place on a biblical scale.

Aug 10

Independent: Baroness Warsi – ‘I want to be able to live with myself after politics’

Baroness Warsi – ‘I want to be able to live with myself after politics’

“For me, this is all about policies and principles. Long after politics has come and gone, I want to be able to live with myself. And at this point I said, after politics has come and gone, can I live with myself? And I thought ‘no I can’t’.”

Aug 8

Independent: Praise for Baroness Warsi – ‘Her action reflects the mood of Dewsbury – and of Britain’

Praise for Baroness Warsi: ‘Her action reflects the mood of Dewsbury – and of Britain’

The decision of the daughter of a local Pakistani mill worker, who attended a comprehensive school just a few hundred yards from here, to reject the trappings of power over her Government’s “morally indefensible position” on the Middle East, has turned her into a heroine in her home town.

Aug 8

Caravan Daily: Importance of Being Sayeeda Warsi

Caravan Daily: Importance of Being Sayeeda Warsi

Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Sayeeda Warsi, has stunned everyone with her resignation over the UK government’s stand on Gaza. Will the powerful Zionist lobby forgive the first Muslim woman minister for her audacity?

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