former Green Party Deputy Leader
Shahrar trained as a biochemical engineer and philosopher. His PhD tackled the morality of lying and deception in public life. He worked as a researcher in the Science and Technology options assessment unit of the European Parliament and is author of two popular books in Green politics, including Why Vote Green 2015.
In 2024, Shahrar Ali won a landmark belief discrimination case, the first of its kind against a political party. In their removal of him as a national spokesperson, in 2022, the Green Party was found to have unlawfully discriminated against his gender critical protected belief and he was awarded damages and costs totalling £100,000.
Shahrar continues to campaign forcefully for women’s sex-based protections in all areas of life, whether prisons, hospital wards or fair and safe sport; and against the medically negligent “gender-affirmation” of children or their indoctrination with age-inappropriate materials in schools.
In politics, Shahrar champions free speech over the industry of offence-taking and advocates for debating those one might strenuously disagree with, a position he defended at the Battle of Ideas in 2024, Environmentalists must be prepared to debate. He regularly appears in public debates and broadcast media.
Follow Shahrar on Twitter: @ShahrarAli