Saba Salman
@sabasalman.com
Journalist, editor, author
http://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Independent|Ed. Community Living
📚Double Discrimination (May 2026)
📚Made Possible
Chair @sibs.org.uk Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social Fellow @thersaorg.bsky.social
http://sabasalman.com
✍🏽Private Eye|Guardian|Byline Times|Independent|Ed. Community Living
📚Double Discrimination (May 2026)
📚Made Possible
Chair @sibs.org.uk Ambassador @ndtihello.bsky.social Fellow @thersaorg.bsky.social
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Saba Salman
@sabasalman.com
· Sep 3
A new intro for a new term:
I just finished book #2 (pub 2026) and started a new role at Private Eye.
And I chair Sibs, for disabled people's siblings, edit Community Living, was a reporter, loc gov corr, housing ed and 20yrs a Guardian writer.
👉sabasalman.com
My sister Raana's a big influence:
I just finished book #2 (pub 2026) and started a new role at Private Eye.
And I chair Sibs, for disabled people's siblings, edit Community Living, was a reporter, loc gov corr, housing ed and 20yrs a Guardian writer.
👉sabasalman.com
My sister Raana's a big influence:
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Our next Sibling Group Leader training for anyone wishing to run a group for young siblings who are growing up with a disabled brother or sister, is taking place online on 25th March. To find out more and book your place, go to www.sibs.org.uk/training
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Our next Sibling Group Leader training for anyone wishing to run a group for young siblings who are growing up with a disabled brother or sister, is taking place online on 25th March. To find out more and book your place, go to www.sibs.org.uk/training
Imagine if SEND was consistently seen as a social justice issue, as it is here.
In 25yrs, no exclusions.
CEO: '...look at who is being excluded, it’s always the same children...Disabled pupils, Black and minority ethnic children, Gypsy and Traveller children'
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
In 25yrs, no exclusions.
CEO: '...look at who is being excluded, it’s always the same children...Disabled pupils, Black and minority ethnic children, Gypsy and Traveller children'
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘A social justice issue’: London school believes it has model for Send inclusion
Founder and staff at TCES Nurture primary, which has not excluded a child in 25 years, say key factor is how support is delivered
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Imagine if SEND was consistently seen as a social justice issue, as it is here.
In 25yrs, no exclusions.
CEO: '...look at who is being excluded, it’s always the same children...Disabled pupils, Black and minority ethnic children, Gypsy and Traveller children'
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
In 25yrs, no exclusions.
CEO: '...look at who is being excluded, it’s always the same children...Disabled pupils, Black and minority ethnic children, Gypsy and Traveller children'
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The own goals now veer into 'the most ambitious reforms of local government in a generation'.
AND you need to phone a friend (housing minister).
AND you can't even get anyone to proofread your letters ('Secretary State').
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699328...
AND you need to phone a friend (housing minister).
AND you can't even get anyone to proofread your letters ('Secretary State').
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699328...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
February 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The own goals now veer into 'the most ambitious reforms of local government in a generation'.
AND you need to phone a friend (housing minister).
AND you can't even get anyone to proofread your letters ('Secretary State').
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699328...
AND you need to phone a friend (housing minister).
AND you can't even get anyone to proofread your letters ('Secretary State').
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/699328...
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Nadhim Zahawi's "I saw a man who hadn't slept" story is so hilariously pathetic that I doubt even he believes it
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
London ‘not safe’, claims Reform UK’s Nadhim Zahawi after he’s 'forced to cross street from man who hadn't slept' | LBC
Mr Zahawi suggested that if he were Home Secretary, he'd be offering to send the army in.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Nadhim Zahawi's "I saw a man who hadn't slept" story is so hilariously pathetic that I doubt even he believes it
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/lond...
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The questionable business record of Reform UK’s money man, and the awkward tax questions posed for him by an email in the Epstein files, in latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
www.private-eye.co.uk/news
www.private-eye.co.uk/news
Private Eye | Nick Candy
: Candy cash saga
FOR a man brought in by Nigel Farage as Reform UK's treasurer, charged with raising an election-winning war chest, Nick Candy's own commercial prowess is increasingly hard to discern.
www.private-eye.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The questionable business record of Reform UK’s money man, and the awkward tax questions posed for him by an email in the Epstein files, in latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
www.private-eye.co.uk/news
www.private-eye.co.uk/news
If Ratcliffe ends up facing the music it'll be because he tarnished a brand and scuppered its stadium deal, not due to his racism. Reassuringly with this stuff, it's always about the money.
Enjoying this photo in
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk report
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Enjoying this photo in
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk report
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Ratcliffe apologises to Glazers after United co-owner's immigration comments
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe sparked outrage earlier this week when he claimed the UK had been "colonised by immigrants"
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If Ratcliffe ends up facing the music it'll be because he tarnished a brand and scuppered its stadium deal, not due to his racism. Reassuringly with this stuff, it's always about the money.
Enjoying this photo in
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk report
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Enjoying this photo in
@manchestereveningnews.co.uk report
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Huge. And excruciating for govt.
The high court said proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful”.
Mahmood 'was urged to respect the court’s decision' - she's said she'll appeal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The high court said proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful”.
Mahmood 'was urged to respect the court’s decision' - she's said she'll appeal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Huge. And excruciating for govt.
The high court said proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful”.
Mahmood 'was urged to respect the court’s decision' - she's said she'll appeal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
The high court said proscription of the direct action group was “disproportionate and unlawful”.
Mahmood 'was urged to respect the court’s decision' - she's said she'll appeal.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Among the facts Ratcliffe has bypassed, like wrong stats and terminology:
'The average immigrant to the UK contributes “much more to the economy” than Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United, experts have said.'
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
'The average immigrant to the UK contributes “much more to the economy” than Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United, experts have said.'
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Jim Ratcliffe: does he pay more tax than immigrants?
Sir Jim Ratcliffe has said immigrants are 'colonising the United Kingdom'. But who is contributing more to the UK economy?
www.bigissue.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Among the facts Ratcliffe has bypassed, like wrong stats and terminology:
'The average immigrant to the UK contributes “much more to the economy” than Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United, experts have said.'
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
'The average immigrant to the UK contributes “much more to the economy” than Sir Jim Ratcliffe, co-owner of Manchester United, experts have said.'
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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It’s over for this country
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s over for this country
Enough with this now.
Also these models do NOT look like Heathcliff or Cathy.
And why is he sniffing her head like that?
[For the record, sexual health is important, jumping on heaving bosom BDSM brooding marketing bandwagons is not.]
www.instagram.com/p/DUtHvNdDnAA/
Also these models do NOT look like Heathcliff or Cathy.
And why is he sniffing her head like that?
[For the record, sexual health is important, jumping on heaving bosom BDSM brooding marketing bandwagons is not.]
www.instagram.com/p/DUtHvNdDnAA/
UK Health Security Agency on Instagram: "Whatever your souls are made of, use a condom to protect yourself from syphilis and other STIs.🕯️❤️
#InternationalCondomDay #WutheringHeights"
10 likes, 0 comments - ukhsa on February 13, 2026: "Whatever your souls are made of, use a condom to protect yourself from syphilis and other STIs.🕯️❤️
#InternationalCondomDay #WutheringHeights".
www.instagram.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Enough with this now.
Also these models do NOT look like Heathcliff or Cathy.
And why is he sniffing her head like that?
[For the record, sexual health is important, jumping on heaving bosom BDSM brooding marketing bandwagons is not.]
www.instagram.com/p/DUtHvNdDnAA/
Also these models do NOT look like Heathcliff or Cathy.
And why is he sniffing her head like that?
[For the record, sexual health is important, jumping on heaving bosom BDSM brooding marketing bandwagons is not.]
www.instagram.com/p/DUtHvNdDnAA/
Keen on human rights and learning disability issues, including SEND, care, health, jobs, housing and going out (er, life.. basically)?
Try @communitylivingmagazine.com new Insta www.instagram.com/communityliv...
An independent magazine about potential. And cool pics. I'm biased. And also right.
Try @communitylivingmagazine.com new Insta www.instagram.com/communityliv...
An independent magazine about potential. And cool pics. I'm biased. And also right.
February 13, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Keen on human rights and learning disability issues, including SEND, care, health, jobs, housing and going out (er, life.. basically)?
Try @communitylivingmagazine.com new Insta www.instagram.com/communityliv...
An independent magazine about potential. And cool pics. I'm biased. And also right.
Try @communitylivingmagazine.com new Insta www.instagram.com/communityliv...
An independent magazine about potential. And cool pics. I'm biased. And also right.
What we need right now is more Wuthering Heights coverage.
Fave headline: 'Margot Robbie ate my giant strawberries on Wuthering Heights'
Food artist says it was 'really exciting' to see Robbie holding her giant strawberries.
Plus really great visuals.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fave headline: 'Margot Robbie ate my giant strawberries on Wuthering Heights'
Food artist says it was 'really exciting' to see Robbie holding her giant strawberries.
Plus really great visuals.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Margot Robbie ate my giant strawberries on Wuthering Heights'
The food artist says she was called in at the last minute as a
www.bbc.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
What we need right now is more Wuthering Heights coverage.
Fave headline: 'Margot Robbie ate my giant strawberries on Wuthering Heights'
Food artist says it was 'really exciting' to see Robbie holding her giant strawberries.
Plus really great visuals.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fave headline: 'Margot Robbie ate my giant strawberries on Wuthering Heights'
Food artist says it was 'really exciting' to see Robbie holding her giant strawberries.
Plus really great visuals.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Discourse is 'being poisoned and polluted by the racist rhetoric coming from Reform' - and also from the other parties chasing the populist vote ('island of strangers' anyone?) and parts of media that normalise hate.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Starmer condemns Reform UK’s ‘racist rhetoric’ – UK politics live
PM says country’s discourse is being poisoned and polluted by rhetoric ‘pitting communities against one another’
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Discourse is 'being poisoned and polluted by the racist rhetoric coming from Reform' - and also from the other parties chasing the populist vote ('island of strangers' anyone?) and parts of media that normalise hate.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Featuring cosy crime, high-earners falling upwards, SEND shambles, and an AI mayor...
Sneak peek here soon 👉 www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Sneak peek here soon 👉 www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
PLUS news from the Rotten Boroughs of Leicestershire, Tower Hamlets, Hertfordshire, Gloucester, and Northamptonshire in the new Eye. AND a Reform round-up.
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February 6, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Featuring cosy crime, high-earners falling upwards, SEND shambles, and an AI mayor...
Sneak peek here soon 👉 www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Sneak peek here soon 👉 www.private-eye.co.uk/rotten-borou...
Irony of being late with this news..Still, vital work from William on media accessibility: 'What emerged was not a story about a niche audience, but about a structural blind spot in journalism – and a significant opportunity for public service media to become more inclusive, relevant, and useful'
How to create news for (and with) people with learning disabilities? A new project by William Kremer looks at a structural blind spot in journalism and an opportunity for public service media to be more inclusive, relevant and useful
Click to read
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/creating-new...
Click to read
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/creating-new...
Creating news for (and with) people with learning disabilities
The BBC's William Kremer unpacks how to make news more accessible for people with learning disabilities.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Irony of being late with this news..Still, vital work from William on media accessibility: 'What emerged was not a story about a niche audience, but about a structural blind spot in journalism – and a significant opportunity for public service media to become more inclusive, relevant, and useful'
Late to this but it's not going away:
Errors in NHS/govt recording of cause of death among learning disabled people - avoidable deaths underreported. A review btw launched in a 'world first' blaze of glory many years ago.
Important from @danielhewittitv.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
Errors in NHS/govt recording of cause of death among learning disabled people - avoidable deaths underreported. A review btw launched in a 'world first' blaze of glory many years ago.
Important from @danielhewittitv.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
www.itv.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Late to this but it's not going away:
Errors in NHS/govt recording of cause of death among learning disabled people - avoidable deaths underreported. A review btw launched in a 'world first' blaze of glory many years ago.
Important from @danielhewittitv.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
Errors in NHS/govt recording of cause of death among learning disabled people - avoidable deaths underreported. A review btw launched in a 'world first' blaze of glory many years ago.
Important from @danielhewittitv.bsky.social
www.itv.com/news/2026-01...
#678 from the 'you had one job' files:
'The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts.' By @patrickjbutler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
'The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts.' By @patrickjbutler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
DWP chief accused of overseeing ‘culture of complacency’ that led to carer’s allowance scandal
Commons committee chair says DWP repeatedly failed to prioritise the vulnerable and was slow to fix errors
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 AM
#678 from the 'you had one job' files:
'The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts.' By @patrickjbutler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
'The government’s most senior welfare official has been accused of presiding over a “culture of complacency” that led to thousands of unpaid carers inadvertently running up huge benefit debts.' By @patrickjbutler.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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NEW POST: It’s worrying time with all the media stories flying around about the upcoming changes to SEND. We do our best to spell out the flaws in any possible proposals, but we've asked IPSEA to set out your current rights clearly. Please share! www.specialneedsjungle.com/l...
#SENDSky
#SENDSky
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
NEW POST: It’s worrying time with all the media stories flying around about the upcoming changes to SEND. We do our best to spell out the flaws in any possible proposals, but we've asked IPSEA to set out your current rights clearly. Please share! www.specialneedsjungle.com/l...
#SENDSky
#SENDSky
Not the first evidence of this but still crucial if a shift in perceptions is to happen, after decades of assumptions and misdiagnoses: 'Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood'
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Autistic girls much less likely to be diagnosed, study says
By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Not the first evidence of this but still crucial if a shift in perceptions is to happen, after decades of assumptions and misdiagnoses: 'Females may be just as likely to be autistic as males but boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed in childhood'
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Always this, coming a cropper (whether you're the transgressor or the one who turned a blind eye/facilitated) not due to sudden moral enlightenment, sense of shame or duty to victims - but because grossness and lies are exposed, so supporters vote with their feet.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MPs say Starmer’s days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson
MPs say release of papers on Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador could trigger leadership challenge
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Always this, coming a cropper (whether you're the transgressor or the one who turned a blind eye/facilitated) not due to sudden moral enlightenment, sense of shame or duty to victims - but because grossness and lies are exposed, so supporters vote with their feet.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Should you need a bit of positivity rn👇🏾
The hospital staff told us they had never done anything like this before and that they will create an Elvi pathway for others with learning disabilities. @samcarlisle.bsky.social
#healthcare
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#healthcare
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Solution to hospital fear
Elvi, Sam Carlisle‘s daughter, is terrified of hospitals. Thanks to a determined nurse who thought her physical health needed a check, she had numerous investigations under anaesthetic at one visit
communitylivingmagazine.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Should you need a bit of positivity rn👇🏾
Reposted by Saba Salman
Lord Mandelson in disgrace
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Lord Mandelson in disgrace
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
Read about this lot and head into the weekend thinking that, in comparison, you're really quite good at your job... a taste of a few financial, digital, and democratic disasters going on around the country.
#LocalGov
#LocalGov
Indignation in Somerset, where the cash-strapped council has warned of bankruptcy since its formation three years ago, only for Whitehall to offer it a pittance in the next local government finance settlement.
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🧵1/3
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Read about this lot and head into the weekend thinking that, in comparison, you're really quite good at your job... a taste of a few financial, digital, and democratic disasters going on around the country.
#LocalGov
#LocalGov
Well at least the news profile of local government is soaring and media outlets are producing trackers and lists so voters can check if their elections are postponed..
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Number of councils that have requested delay to local elections revealed - is yours one of them?
Twenty-one of the 29 councils that have confirmed to Sky News that they will be seeking a delay to their May elections are led by Labour. Opposition parties are furious at the potential delays.
news.sky.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Well at least the news profile of local government is soaring and media outlets are producing trackers and lists so voters can check if their elections are postponed..
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Quite liking the easy to use Sky one here, even if this image of the four 'leaders' looks well odd.
news.sky.com/story/local-...
Don't be put off by the grim headline - this two minute read also outlines some of the solutions, which feature in the latest @communitylivingmagazine.com
#healthcare
communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-...
#healthcare
communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-...
Saba Salman: Progress in healthcare is pitifully slow
Evidence of inequality stacks up, as do suggestions for action, yet change on the ground is slow.
communitylivingmagazine.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Don't be put off by the grim headline - this two minute read also outlines some of the solutions, which feature in the latest @communitylivingmagazine.com
#healthcare
communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-...
#healthcare
communitylivingmagazine.com/saba-salman-...