‘This is mental’: Backlash after Labour peer interviews Labour Cabinet minister A SKY News show in which a Labour peer was interviewing a Labour cabinet minister has attracted criticism The National (Scotland) · Oct 18
Hit Lord Mandelson with 'full force of the law,' says Baroness Hazarika voicing fury from Labour MPs The Labour peer said the former British ambassador to the US should be ‘investigated robustly by the police without fear or favour’ Evening Standard · Feb 6
Baroness Ayesha Hazarika urges for investment into 'proper journalism' at 2025 Hugh Cudlipp Lecture The life peer said that AI cannot replace the empathy, graft, and creativity of today’s journalists Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025
Fans Outraged as GMB Guest Defends Keir Starmer Over Alleged Lockdown Breach Good Morning Britain viewers were left infuriated after a guest on the ITV show attempted to defend Sir Keir Starmer amid allegations The Fashion Central · Feb 8, 2025
Ed Davey’s gameshow approach to election makes a modest splash Lib Dem leader could argue ‘dignity is less important than coverage’, though he is likely unconcerned by prospect of power The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2024
Garrick club chair says ‘exceptional lady members’ may be fast-tracked Christopher Kirker tells members that normal waiting times will apply for most women as concerns raised about tokenism The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2024
Garrick Club asked to consider membership for seven leading women A group of men at the club who hope the male-only rule will change have nominated a set of possible new members The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024
The best politics podcasts of 2023: what the critics say When it comes to British podcasting, politics seems to be king, said Patricia Nicol in The Sunday Times. Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart’s “The Rest is Politics” consistently tops the charts, and now has an interview offshoot show, “Leading”. “The News Agents” (with Lewis Goodall, Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel)… The Week · May 25, 2023
Qatar’s UK ambassador warns of ‘public display of affection’ at World Cup Diplomat said holding hands and sharing rooms would be ‘fine’ but strongly suggested kissing was not The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
ITV Good Morning Britain's Adil Ray under fire from viewers as habit comes back to haunt him The presenter and actor returned to the ITV news programme alongside Kate Garraway Manchester Evening News · Oct 20, 2022
‘Fuelled by anger’: politics loom larger than ever at Edinburgh fringe Scandals, an outgoing PM and a Tory leadership race – comics seeking material are spoilt for choice The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022
Ayesha Hazarika: this leadership race has less dignity than a Love Island final While many of you are getting ready to (attempt) to jet off to a Greek island to get away from it all, I’m heading to Scotland. For me the cooler climes is the equivalent of going to the Caribbean. Many of us are in despair about the state of our… Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2022
Ayesha Hazarika: Boris Johnson, like Icarus, faces a reckoning of his own making No one was prepared for the sheer unbridled drama that unfolded yesterday afternoon in Westminster. Just before it all kicked off, I took a call from a prominent Tory who sounded utterly dejected. But what’s going to happen, I pressed them? Probably nothing they said. Cabinet members are too scared… Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2022
Lanarkshire comedian returns to the Edinburgh Fringe with new show Coatbridge's Ayesha Hazarika is set to make a return to the iconic festival with her State of the Nation show. Daily Record · Jul 2, 2022
Manchester Evening News · Jun 16, 2022 ITV Good Morning Britain guest in 'meltdown' over Adil Ray clash as he moans 'everyone's against me' He clashed with host Adil Ray on the latest edition of the ITV news programme
Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022 Furious GMB guest strops 'everyone's against me' as Adil challenges him over refugee remarks Good Morning Britain hosts Adil Ray and Kate Garraway were joined by journalists Quentin Letts and Ayesha Hazarika to discuss the refugee crisis and 'immoral' Rwanda flights
Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: I’ve realised why I like the Queen so much — it’s her Asian Mum vibes I’ve been pondering why I’ve become so fond of the Queen. I was never one to fawn over the monarchy growing up — apart from when Fergie married Andrew because I loved her red hair and felt Anne of Green Gables had joined the royal family. That went well.
Evening Standard · May 11, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: Keir Starmer may face disaster, but Labour stand to win either way For a man whose nickname is No Drama Starmer, the leader of the Opposition properly kicked off this week with his promise to resign if given a fixed penalty notice for having a beer and a curry during a campaign visit to Durham last year. His team are confident that…
Evening Standard · May 4, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: I want to weep for an America that is no longer our moral beacon When I was younger, I was obsessed with America. Like so many, I grew up on a television diet rich with American treats from Roseanne and The Cosby Show to The West Wing. Roseanne became a racist, “America’s Dad” was accused by dozens of women of sexual assault and Donald…
Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: Our golden Queen ties us together. Will the royals unravel without her? I had mixed feelings watching the royal family gather at Westminster Abbey for the Duke of Edinburgh’s memorial service. It’s been another rough week for the monarchy following the visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, which turned from Caribbean Dream to PR disaster in real time. This comes…
Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: I was floored by Covid. Rumours of its demise are greatly exaggerated I wouldn’t say that my body was a temple — although my middle resembles the dome of a mosque, the closest I get to my religion these days — but I was quietly proud that I had managed to dodge the old Covid for two years. I told myself that…
Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: Woman to woman, Priti Patel, I’m feeling utterly ashamed by your lack of pity Yesterday was International Women’s Day. I kicked off the celebrations by upping my HRT and plucking out a massive chin hair, the thickness of nautical cable. Forget closing the gender pay gap, life doesn’t get much better than that ladies, amirite? I was lucky enough to be invited to several…
Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: A year after Sarah Everard’s death it is high time for deeds, not words Tomorrow, it will be a year since Sarah Everard went missing. She was abducted as she walked home after visiting a friend in Clapham on the evening of March 3, 2021. She did everything we women are told to do when walking at night. She was on a main road.…
Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: WWIII is on the doorstep — and my anxiety levels are through the roof I know we’re all meant to be cheering the end of Covid restrictions but the fact that we’re on the brink of World War Three has slightly killed the vibe. Although maybe Putin can get away with it if he only invades Ukraine for 25 minutes and says he didn’t…
Evening Standard · Feb 16, 2022 Ayesha Hazarika: Don’t blame romance scam victims — we’re all vulnerable to conmen We have much to thank Netflix for, even if it’s holding you back from purchasing your dream mansion. Watching The Tinder Swindler and taking the bins out in the rain was the perfect way to mark Valentine’s Day and expose it for the fake, over-commercialised load of toilet that it…