2023-06-05 08:52:45
United Kingdom
Dua Lipa tackles the British government
The British-Albanian singer did not appreciate the outings of some ministers, including Suella Braverman at the Interior, on “Albanian criminals”.
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The 27-year-old singer is not afraid to speak out on angry subjects.
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Dua Lipa has a lot on the potato. The star has had little taste for the outings of certain British ministers. In particular those of Suella Braverman, Minister of the Interior, who had pointed in 2022, the “Albanian criminals” responsible according to her for an increase in crime. She also mentioned an “invasion” by nationals of this Balkan country of which the singer has been a citizen since November 2022.
“Those are mean comments. They hurt me. It is a lack of vision and it denotes narrow-mindedness”, tackled Dua Lipa, in the columns of the “Sunday Times”, Sunday June 4, 2023. The one who was born in London in 1995 to Kosovar-Albanian parents who had arrived in the country three years before, added that she thought the English capital was more of an “amalgamation of cultures that was an integral part of the city”. “Unfortunately, the government statements reflect what many people think. No matter how hard we try to change the rhetoric, there will always be some who feel that immigrants come to England to take jobs, when they came here to earn a living by working incredibly hard. You leave your country only out of necessity, out of fear for your family,” she said. affirmedcalling in passing for more “empathy”.
If Dua Lipa conceded that she liked to express herself on politics, she will not make a career out of it: “I stay away from politicians. It’s different when I talk about certain rights, but I realized that no matter how good you think a politician is at what he does, he will always end up disappointing you.
«The Guardian» remember that the declarations of Suella Braverman had made waves at the top of the Albanian state. Prime Minister Edi Rama called the English minister’s remarks “very, very derogatory”. In March 2023, during an interview with his British counterpart Rishi Sunak, in London, Rama wanted to salute the career of Dua Lipa: “She is not only a British singer, she is also an Albanian immigrant who came here, like many others, to build, heal, cook and sing for you. We want to make sure that this community not only feels safe here, but also valued.”
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