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POLITICS, LAW & RELIGION
POWERLIST 2010
DIANE ABBOTT, MP DANIEL ALEXANDER, QC
Member of parliament for Hackney North & Stoke Newington Barrister
Diane Abbott is the longest serving Alexander has an international
African-Caribbean Member of reputation as one of the most
Parliament, having been elected celebrated intellectual property/
in 1987. Unlike many backbench media and IT lawyers of the modern
MPs, the former civil servant, race era. His clients include the BBC,
relations offi cer and journalist has BSkyB, Channel 4 and several
never been one simply to blend prominent entertainment/ creative
into the background and has media individuals. Awarded the
been a passionate campaigner on Chambers Bar Awards’ IT Silk of
behalf of a range of human rights the Year in 2007, Daniel has been
issues. In 2008 Abbott won the at the centre of a plethora of
Spectator magazine’s Parliamentary ground-breaking judgments. He
Speech of the Year award for her represented The Beatles in their
contributions in debates on the dispute with Apple over the Apple
counter-terrorism bill’s 42-day detention proposals. Those efforts trademark, in addition to a host of cases that have helped shape
also earned her a special human rights award from the infl uential the present status of trademark law. He obtained a fi rst in physics
Liberty pressure group. She remains the host and chief organiser and philosophy at Oxford and an LLM from Harvard Law School
of the annual London Schools & The Black Child conference, which as a Kennedy Scholar. Daniel is a member of the Oxford University
attracts 2,000 parents, teachers, and children, and she is also a Law Faculty Advisory Group and a member of the Bar Council
pundit on BBC political series This Week. professional disciplinary panels.
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Infl uential because... when it comes to
stalwart and a gifted orator, she is a intellectual property and IT law he has
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respected icon of black British politics. very few peers.
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DAWN BUTLER MATTHEW ASHIMOLOWO
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Member of parliament for Brent South and assistant whip for the Labour party Senior pastor, Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC)
When she was appointed the assistant whip with responsibility for Ashimolowo has the largest
the Department for Children, Schools and Families, Butler became congregation of any church in
the fi rst black UK-born female MP to become a minister in a British Britain. KICC is one of Europe’s
government. In March 2009, the MP for London’s fastest growing religious
Brent South constituency was voted Woman organisations. It started in 1992
MP of the Year at the Women in Public Life with 11 members, but now has
awards. Elected in May 2005 Butler regularly 12,000 people attending its Sunday
campaigns on a number of issues such services in east London. In addition,
as poverty, unemployment, children’s a huge TV audience in Africa, Asia,
welfare, equality and employment rights. Europe and the US regularly watches
She is a former trades union offi cial and Winning Ways, Ashimolowo’s
has been particularly vocal about youth broadcast ministry, and hundreds
knife crime – there are more than 200 of thousands have read at least one
knife incidents in Brent each year. In of the more than 30 books he has
January 2009 Dawn launched Bernie’s authored. Born to Muslim parents in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, he
List, an initiative, named after Bernie has been preaching for almost 30 years and has received numerous
Grant, to help elect more black and awards for his books and selfl ess service. He ensures KICC does
Asian individuals. more than most churches by actively supporting the community via
a range of counselling services, skills training and a supplementary
school for GCSE pupils.
Infl uential because... she
never shirks from lending Infl uential because... the number of lives
her considerable political of ordinary people he has positively
weight to the right cause. impacted on practically defi es belief.
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