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Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi
7 quotes
“[I] felt it was important as a Muslim to lend my voice to this fight against antisemitism. We have only ever defeated intolerance when we have come together. Antisemitism will only stop when all of us, whatever faith we belong to or none – oppose it and challenge it.”
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (born 1971) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a House of Lords debate on antisemitism, as cited in "Tonge blames Israel for Jew-hate... during debate on antisemitism", The Jewish Chronicle (20 June 2019)
“I'm really, really hesitant about making this Sayeeda v the Tory party.”
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“There is a lot of emotional attachment here. It's like a really painful divorce. It does feel like I'm in an abusive relationship at the moment, where I'm with somebody that I really shouldn't be with. It’s not healthy for me to be there any more with the Conservative party.”
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“[On Sajid Javid] He's chancellor of the exchequer. He's got the second or third most powerful role in government and he still doesn't feel like he can exercise power? I get this art of playing politics to get to a position where you're increasingly more powerful … but I think that politicians are so focused on amassing power that they forget about what they're amassing it for.”
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Recorded in: From an interview, as cited in "Sayeeda Warsi on Tory Islamophobia: 'It feels like I'm in an abusive relationship'", The Guardian (27 November 2019).
“Of course he should. If you can't call racism racism, if you can't call antisemitism antisemitism, and if you can't call Islamophobia Islamophobia, then how are we going to fix it?”
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (born 1971) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited in "Rishi Sunak urged to speak out by Tory peer as Islamophobia row deepens", The Guardian (25 February 2023).
“Every day before we start parliamentary business in the Commons and Lords we say a prayer and praise God – we say our parliamentary version of Allahu Akbars at the heart of democracy – a process Robert Jenrick is a part of. This language from Jenrick is more of his usual nasty divisive rhetoric.”
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Recorded in: From a post on X, as cited by Jessica Elgot in "Robert Jenrick criticised for saying people shouting 'Allahu Akbar' should be arrested", The Guardian (7 August 2024).
“It is with a heavy heart that I have today informed my whip and decided for now to no longer take the Conservative whip. This is a sad day for me. I am a Conservative and remain so but sadly the current party are far removed from the party I joined and served in Cabinet. My decision is a reflection of how far right my party has moved and the hypocrisy and double standards in its treatment of different communities.”
Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi (born 1971) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a post on X, as cited by Jessica Elgot in "Warsi resigns Tory whip, says party has moved too far to the right", The Guardian (26 September 2024).