Dawn Butler

Dawn Butler | Metro columnist and Labour MP for Brent East

Dawn Butler is a Metro columnist and Labour MP for Brent East

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Diversity isn’t the cause of the Met’s latest scandal

Politics January 9, 2026

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I called Reform MP's comments racist - I was told I couldn't call her one

Politics October 29, 2025

Palestinians shove to receive a hot meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025

I’ve heard enough words – I want more Government action on Israel-Palestine

World July 23, 2025

2023 GUBA Awards

Black and minority ethnic workers are losing out on £3,200,000,000

UK July 2, 2025

Female Doctor in blue surgical scrubs with Stethoscope

Dangerous people are pretending to be nurses - I have a plan to stop it

UK April 24, 2025

European Diversity Awards 2022

I’m making sure Black politicians - and others - are getting our voices heard

UK March 5, 2025

Thief steals phone or smartphone from bag of woman close up, pickpocket in city

I got my stolen phone back - I'm one of the only ones

Politics February 6, 2025

A policeman walking away from an elderly person's home.

If 15,000 Met officers haven't completed this simple task - I'm worried

Politics December 13, 2024

Keir Starmer Welcomes Labour's New MPs To Parliament

If Labour wants to bring change, it needs to think beyond Number 10

Politics October 21, 2024

Dawn Butler MP Mammograms and Me

I want people to start saying the B-word instead of the N-word

Music October 10, 2024

Destruction and flames during a far-right riot in Rotherham with one far-right agitator in focus and others in the background. (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

There’s a huge difference between free speech and hate speech

UK August 13, 2024

European Diversity Awards 2022

I'm going to hold the Government to account - but in my own way

Politics July 26, 2024

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Kemi Badenoch can drag my name through the mud but I'll still agree with David Tennant

Politics June 29, 2024

European Diversity Awards 2022

Every Friday I expose racists on X for a very important reason

Politics May 16, 2024

THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 24: A French tug accompanies around 50 migrants drifting into English waters to be met by a UK border Force boat on August 24, 2023 The English Channel, England. Most of the small boats are collected on the border by UK Border Force vessels and brought into Dover port, after french naval ships accompany them to the border. Another boat then collects the small rubber crafts and loads them to be taken to a UK border Force facility. Over 100,000 migrants have crossed the Channel from France to England on small boats since the UK began publicly recording the arrivals in 2018. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Migrant deaths in the Channel show how heartless the Tories are

Politics April 26, 2024

Racks of England's new Nike designed football shirt are displayed for sale in a central London store on March 22, 2024. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday waded into a row over a new England football shirt sold by Nike that changes the colours of the St George's Cross, saying "we shouldn't mess" with national flags. The US sportswear firm revealed it had altered the cross, the flag of England, using purple and blue horizontal stripes in what it called a "playful update" ahead of Euro 2024, which starts in June. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

We need to reclaim the England flag from the far right

Politics March 28, 2024

Rishi Sunak accepts his donor's comments were racist. He now needs to donate the £10m

News March 13, 2024

06/03/2024. London, United Kingdom. The Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts cabinet before the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveils the Budget to parliament. 10 Downing Street. Picture by Simon Walker / No 10 Downing Street

It's time to reflect on what the Tories have done for women

UK March 8, 2024

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, with Lee Anderson MP for Ashfield (left), during a visit to Woodland View Primary School in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Picture date: Thursday January 4, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Tories. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire

Where is Rishi Sunak's backbone? His MPs need disciplining

Politics February 29, 2024

Palestinian families taking refuge in the city of Rafah live in makeshift tents

How a 7-year-old's death shows the inhumanity of Israel's bombing

World February 19, 2024