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Saba Salman

@sabasalman.com
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Journalist|editor|author 📚NEW BOOK Double Discrimination 2026 📚Made Possible 2020 👩🏽‍💻 sabasalman.com ✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Ed. Community Living 💜Chair @sibs.org.uk|Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social 🏛️FRSA @thersaorg.bsky.social

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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 25/09/2026
NEW stories, from building safety campaigners in London to a flap about football in Wyre Forest ⬇️
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Bad news for Reform as Nigel Farage’s Clacton by-election after-party, “Farage Fest”, flouted licensing rules and the party failed to get Tendring council’s permission for the 11pm-11am bender at a local airfield.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Of all the people to discuss the decline of print with, Amol Rajan took to George Osborne’s podcast. The man who had a disastrous run editing the Evening Standard and who took the Foreign Office funding away from the BBC World Service. ➡️ Watch Page 94, the Private Eye podcast: youtu.be/_CQW3brAeiE
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎧 New PAGE 94 Podcast OUT NOW This week: GREEN FINGERS The team discuss the Green Party's latest appearance in the Eye, Donald Trump's completely professional relationship with an attractive young aide, and the BBC's doomed future without Amol Rajan. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CQW...
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well well well: Leaked emails show Mothin Ali got his extra local allowance “to help make ends meet” - no mention of his local role. And the Green Party is threatening to sue us for reporting this story. Well done @braddeasjourno.bsky.social theexchange.news/leaked-docum...
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Leaked documents cast doubt on explanation for Mothin Ali’s councillor cash
'Mothin feels the national party isn’t adequately supporting the leadership team including him, so he’d appreciate this to help make ends meet'
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A curious comment from Nigel Farage that, under Reform, the Tories’ Somerset council candidate (former neo-Nazi Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who later quit his candidacy) would have “been axed in 30 seconds”. 🧵1/3
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It is two years since Bill Trotter died in hospital after what his family says was a catalogue of failures and cover-ups. 🧵1/5
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 07/08/2026
Top rot from the new Eye: including this bad penny and more ⬇️
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New old sayings about the weather The new Private Eye is out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1681 of Private Eye magazine with the caption "on shelves now." The front cover reads “NEW OLD SAYINGS ABOUT THE WEATHER” and features a photograph of a firefighter tackling a large wildfire. A speech bubble reads: “Red sky at night, Europe’s alight! Red sky in the morning, I wonder if it could possibly be global warming?” A banner at the bottom reads: “30! 40! 50! PHEW! WHAT A SCORCHED-EARTH!”
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Richard Brooks @rbrooks45.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A cautionary devolution tale: hundreds of millions of pounds invested in Teesside but benefiting a couple of local businesssmen rather than the region, thanks to mayor Houchen. Full @privateeyenews.bsky.social report from last year online here: www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
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Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 31/07/2026
My dad & sister rely on social care so for me, PM's already raised a low bar (22 reviews in 30 yrs) but: -remember kids/working age adults -crack down on profit hungry private 'care' firms -include more than the usual bods in the Big Conversation -rebrand it DSCH* *not really but elevate the SC bit
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A bit about my new job 😊 #LearningDisability #HealthInequalities #LearningDisabilityPhysician @rcphysicians.bsky.social @kencourtenay.bsky.social @sabasalman.com @communitylivingmagazine.com communitylivingmagazine.com/equity-at-th...
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Equity in healthcare – Community Living
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 21/07/2026
Welcome back to MHCLG Rayner! Ready to push of Burnham's collaborative 'pulling together' agenda? 'standards are deteriorating, behaviour is worsening, and current mechanisms are not strong enough to address it' 🥊 from a story in the last Private Eye/Rotten Boroughs solace.org.uk/news_and_pre...
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Poor behaviour rampant in local government, survey reveals
Solace urges Government to act urgently to strengthen standards regime Poor and inappropriate behaviour in local government continues to be widespread and in some cases is getting worse, a new survey ...
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 21/07/2026
Another push for this gem of a quarterly and its deliberately quirky cover shot (with a story of choice and agency behind it)🔽 Highlights include: - equity in healthcare - disability and ethnicity double discrimination - why language matters - why we need real homes (not 'facilities' or 'settings')
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What do the new issue of Private Eye and Charli xcx's new album have in common? They're both on sale this week! IT'S PRIVATE EYE WEEK. New edition in shops and with 365 party girls from Wednesday.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 21/07/2026
Early hope Cooper won't overlook the SC bit of the brief, because: - Casey Commission (despite elongated timeline) - Burnham's pledge to prioritise social care - junior minister focus on early intervention (Sure Start) & preventative agenda in health www.gov.uk/government/m...
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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - GOV.UK
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 17/07/2026
🔽@hannahfearn.bsky.social 💯does justice to the topic of inequalities for learning disabled people of colour. She reflects both the pain and joy in my book, Double Discrimination & puts my sister at the heart of it: 'the depth and profundity of Raana’s inner life' hqm.hqnetwork.co.uk/saba-salman-...
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Saba Salman interview: ‘We bring different rules and judgements to people like my sister – because of her skin colour and because of her disability’ – HQM
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Ramandeep Kaur @mumof3amigos.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
This is essential work led by Prof Sara Ryan at Manchester Metropolitan University #SocialMurder www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Week of action focuses on tackling preventable deaths of people with learning disabilities
Impactful week of discussion, reflection and action to plan research funding bid
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 14/07/2026
It's a bit shit - no it really is, read the Orkney poop story - sneak peek on the website but full rot in the current issue) 🔽
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 14/07/2026
⬇️ the overlooked in an already overlooked population. Utterly depressing and enraging
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Embarrassment for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, which spent two and a half years pursuing a resident for flouting planning rules with his “unsightly” rooftop screen, only for a government inspector to find that Conservative-run RBKC had already approved it. Three times. 🧵1/2
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 24/06/2026
Horrific systemic failure exposed yet again, essentially, by the very people who suffered these unimaginable wrongs. All in the face of a cover up, neglect, incompetence, racism, discrimination, contempt and harassment (not my words, but those in the inquiry report). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nottingham families in largest NHS maternity review tell stories
Families explain how they became part of the biggest maternity scandal in NHS history.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Britain sheds a Keir (surely tear? Ed) The new Private Eye is out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1678 of Private Eye magazine. The front cover reads “ANDY BURNHAM ARRIVES IN LONDON” and features an image of a royal procession with a golden carriage, guards and horses. Speech bubbles read “Who says it’s a coronation?” and “Long live the King of the North!” A banner at the bottom reads: “BRITAIN SHEDS A KEIR (SURELY TEAR? ED)”.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 20/06/2026
This was a fun evening, with my sister Raana and so many awesome people who influenced, supported and encouraged my book, Double Discrimination. At the brilliant inclusive, creative and collaborative @citylit.bsky.social
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 18/06/2026
The rise of populism means the line between ‘patriotism’ and racism is blurred. Right wing politicians and some left(ish) (remember the PM’s ‘island of strangers’?) chase votes by normalising language that drives division. Lots of voices being missed in debates on racism, heritage and inclusion👇🏽
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 15/06/2026
New for @gpadmoreinstitute.bsky.social ‘I was never taught about black history at my special school,’ researcher Paul Christian told me. ‘As an adult, this information wasn’t available in a format I could understand… I feel I lost a part of myself’. ⬇️ www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org/news-and-eve...
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George Padmore Institute - Journalist Saba Salman talks about the aims of the GPI's easy reads project to defy ableism and racism
Addressing conversations which exclude learning disabled people of colour.
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George Padmore Institute @gpadmoreinstitute.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Paul Christian collaborated with the GPI to create easy read documents for people with learning disabilities. This work is now part of Double Discrimination, a new book by the journalist Saba Salman. The easy read documents on collections at the GPI can be found at www.georgepadmoreinstitute.org
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George Padmore Institute
Explore the lives and struggles of Britain’s black communities of Caribbean, African and Asian descent.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 15/06/2026
Say what now? ‘He added that it “certainly hasn’t” been the case that the voice of “the white majority” had been heard properly in recent times’ 🫪 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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GB News critics want to limit free speech to ‘liberal, Islington consensus’, Grade says
Former Ofcom chair says he welcomed arrival of rightwing news channel five years ago in name of ‘plurality’
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 15/06/2026
A reminder in this piece that in 2023, Jenrick ordered brightly coloured children’s murals at two ‘processing’ centres to be painted over because they were deemed “too welcoming” for children. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jenrick rebuked for not providing evidence to asylum detention inquiry
Former immigration minister criticised by inquiry chair for failing to give statement about ‘wretched’ Manston site
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 15/06/2026
📢Why we need to talk about ‘race’ and learning disability - by the people who know. Paul Christian, a Black activist, historian and researcher who helped shape my new book, Double Discrimination, explains. Double Discrimination: a book on defiance, opportunity, possibility. #LearningDisabilityWeek
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 13/06/2026
📚GIVEAWAY! Need an antidote to the hate? 🔽 www.specialneedsjungle.com/book-giveawa...
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Book Giveaway! Double Discrimination and why we need to focus on SEND children and young people of colour — Special Needs Jungle
Journalist Saba Salman discusses her new book, "Double Discrimination" about the human faces at the intersection of race, culture, and SEND.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Skint Somerset has been slapped with a one-star rating for its financial management. 🧵1/3
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 09/06/2026
Starting to line up book events, a few here, more to come!
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Special Needs Jungle @spcialndsjungle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
NEW GIVEAWAY! Journalist and author @sabasalman.com discusses her new book, "Double Discrimination" highlighting the human face at the intersection of race, culture, and SEND. we have two copies to giveaway—use the form in the article: www.specialneedsjungle.com/double-discr...
image shows an inset of Saba, a shot of a child with Down's syndrome performing, and the the book cover
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Farage picks plumber to fight by-election The new Private Eye is out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1676 of Private Eye magazine. The headline reads “FARAGE PICKS PLUMBER TO FIGHT BY-ELECTION.” The image shows Nigel Farage standing Robert Kenyon Rivals in front of a white van. Kenyon asks, “What’s your call-out fee?”, Farage replies, “Five million quid!”. Other speech bubbles say, “Oh no, there’s a leak!” and “And a terrible smell!”
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 27/05/2026
What have successive governments done to free innocent people from being locked up since the abuse at Winterbourne View inpatient unit was exposed? Not much. Despite evidence, personal testimonies and government-commissioned reports. 15 years.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 21/05/2026
Double Discrimination is out today - packed full of stories from people pushing back against racism and ableism. Also featuring contributions from my sister, not that you'd know that from her stonewalling during our interview🤨 geni.us/Double_Discr...
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 19/05/2026
NEW Double Discrimination review: 'Against a backdrop of increasing global polarisation, Salman highlights a shocking scarcity of data, arguing that the lack of official records reflects a systemic failure to protect those at risk. She reveals a "national scandal"' www.easterneye.biz/saba-salman-...
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Saba Salman explores the deadly intersection of race and disability
Double Discrimination is more than social commentary; it is a masterfully written primer for anyone committed to social justice
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 17/05/2026
A heavy news weekend but this clip (and woman!) recharge me 🔽 My sister Raana, the only interviewee I've ever had who's refused to answer BEFORE I’ve finished the question and who WALKS OUT mid-interview. A woman of few words yes, but her story's worth telling. Double Discrimination: Thurs 21 May.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Warwickshire welcomes a father and son Reform duo: county council leader George Finch, 19, and dad, Stuart, won former Labour seats at Nuneaton and Bedworth borough. 🧵1/3
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
BREAKING: Health Secretary Wes Streeting resigns. “It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour Unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism”
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 14/05/2026
Maybe this is the 'historic shift in British politics' which Farage mentioned on May 8. Given he said back in March he regretted running Worcestershire, presumably it's no biggie. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Reform UK loses control of Worcestershire County Council
Green councillor Matt Jenkins is the new council leader of Worcestershire County Council.
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Farcical psychodrama returns! The new Private Eye is out now.
A photo of the front cover of issue 1675 of Private Eye magazine, with the caption “on shelves now.” The cover parodies the TV drama Rivals, with the headline “FARCICAL PSYCHODRAMA RETURNS!” The central image shows portrayals of senior Labour politicians posed in a countryside setting around a bed. A speech bubble reads, “We are all trying to screw each other!” At the bottom, a heading reads “YES! THEY ARE BONKERS!”
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 12/05/2026
Anitdote to division? Some joy? Here you go🔽 30 seconds of fun, thanks to Harry Cartmill and @mumof3amigos.bsky.social in a mini-trailer for Double Discrimination, my book about (and with!) people with learning disabled people of colour tackling racism and ableism. Out 21 May geni.us/Double_Discr...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
With the election of some shiny new councillors at the local elections last week, there’s never been a better time to read Rotten Boroughs... which documents the corruption, cronyism and chaos of local government. IT’S PRIVATE EYE WEEK! New edition in shops and with subscribers from Wednesday.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 08/05/2026
Election-free zone 🔽 @learningdisability.bsky.social on my book: 'Raana is beautifully described as someone who is both dependent on others and independently minded, bossy but thoughtful, brutally frank yet kind. Not a big hugger but very loving' 🥹 www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/news/new-boo...
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New book examines the double discrimination of learning disability and race - Learning Disability Today
Double Discrimination is the latest book by Saba Salman, examining the overlooked ableism and racism experienced by people of colour who also have a learning disability.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 08/05/2026
Something's definitely yet to come. Unlikely to be 'the best', based purely on the councils Reform took last year. >> flagship Kent with its implosions, defections, dubious claims of 'savings' and flogging off its public art. news.sky.com/video/farage...
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Farage: 'The best is yet to come'
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage reacts to the May election results so far.
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 08/05/2026
Saw this and thought it was the Mitchell bruvs in minder mode. Over their mum. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains
Reform runaway winners in north-east, likely pushing Labour into opposition in Hartlepool, with other losses for Starmer in Chorley, Wigan, Redditch and Tamworth
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Saba Salman @sabasalman.com · 01/05/2026
Bank holiday reading? For a short time, my publisher has Double Discrimination available to review on Netgalley! Reviewers, booksellers or general readers, take a look here: lnkd.in/e73Bn_HA A quick look at the chapter breakdown🔽 And for pre-orders: geni.us/Double_Discr...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Bristol, facing a multi-million funding shortfall, is stumping up another £2m for an already over-budget, overdue housing IT project. The Green-led council has agreed a £10m price tag for the scheme which will be ready in March 2027 – despite an original £7.5m bill and completion date of Dec 2024.
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