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21 August 2023

Dawn Butler’s Q&A: “Having cancer taught me how fragile life is”

The Labour MP for Brent Central on Sojourner Truth, fake culture wars and how she chooses which battles to fight.

By New Statesman

Illustration by Kristian Hammerstad

Dawn Butler was born in London in 1969 and started her career as a computer programmer. She was first elected to parliament in 2005 and currently serves as a back-bench Labour MP for Brent Central.

I was being sick from eating too many mangoes in Jamaica. I had to go to hospital.

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