Benjamin Zephaniah

"Benjamin Zephaniah OBE – no way Mr Blair, no way Mrs Queen. I am profoundly anti-empire.”
The poet reveals his own long history of being unjustly stopped by police and speaks about his cousin Mikey Powell's death in custody.
1,784 people have died in England and Wales after contact with the police since 1990 – yet no officer has been held to account
Not everyone is so eager to welcome the gesture from the Queen.
Poet says MPs and media are 'hostile' to Labour leader