to being the campaigner who suddenly finds herself on the inside, walking through the corridors of power? no, i think nothing has really changed in that kind of instance, in the fact that i still see these people that i can actually help, so whether i m sitting around the table with them or chasing them down the street, i think they are quite similar in that sense. but i will actually correct you, i m appointed by priti patel and not the prime minister. not directly. not directly the prime minister but directly by priti patel, and this was a position she asked me to take up. but i sense that the reason you are correcting me is that you have the problem that many people find in public life, which is people go, oh, she has only got the job because she is a chum of the prime minister. 100%. and as somebody that has kind fought my way in order to a voice and actually really, you know, believes in integrity and also democracy, it is something that i have worked for and it is somet
up grew up in council housing can stand up before you tonight as australia s prime minister. ukraine s president zelensky has said that diplomacy is the only way russia s war on his country will end. here, opposition parties demand an explanation from borisjohnson after he met with the senior civil servant sue gray ahead of the publication of her report into lockdown parties at downing street. two people have been taken to hospital after a stand collapsed during a trooping the colour rehearsal in central london. now on bbc news, nick robinson in conversation with people who influence our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. hello, welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than interrogation of someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. my guest this week once described herself as young, black, and loud, and nimco ali has plenty to be loud about. she led a global campaign to end the cutting of girls, fgm, female genital
and i said i would be more than happy to do that, because ironically i do have this kind of space where i can to the sector, in terms of the violence against women and girls sector who don t actually feel that comfortable with talking to the conservative party, and also with talking to ministers. so, i see myself as a kind of bridge between power and those with purpose. so, being a bridge is a helpful thing. at times, is it actually a barrier, the fact that people think she is mates with the prime minister and his wife? does that then become a bit of a barrier to people? only to people that are disingenuous so the whole point is having been in the sector for almost a decade, or actually, more than a decade, 11 years of fighting to end female genital mutilation and other forms of violence, i think those that want to be able to do the job in order to end violence against women and girls actually know what my credentials are. what about the protection of girls and young women as theyjust
to the conservative party, and also with talking to ministers. so, i see myself as a kind of bridge between power and those with purpose. so, being a bridge is a helpful thing. at times, is it actually a barrier, the fact that people think she is mates with the prime minister and his wife? does that then become a bit of a barrier to people? only two people that are disingenuous so the whole point is having been in the sector for almost a decade, or actually, more than a decade, 11 years of fighting to end female genital mutilation and other forms of violence, i think those that want to be able to do the job in order to end violence against women and girls actually know what my credentials are. what about the protection of girls and young women as theyjust walk around the street? we all remember those scenes at sarah everard s vigil, and you were amongst those who contend away the police reacted. 100%. i think there are more cultured changes that need to happen, and for me, i would spec