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Democrats are tearing themselves apart over Israel
A month is a long time in American politics – or so it would seem judging by the growing split…
Have we forgotten the lessons of Shoah?
Since Hamas’s assault on innocent Israelis, a wave of anti-Semitism has swept across the world. Jews in Europe feel distinctly…
England and Scotland are forever bound in mourning
Today, on Remembrance Day, wreaths will be laid to remember the fallen at 11am at the Stone of Remembrance. It…
Inside the Armistice Day protests
The Metropolitan Police today staged their largest-ever operation with two marches – the pro-Palestinian march and a smaller counter-protest –…
Why the Tories need the new Hong Kong voter base
With the Conservatives trailing around twenty points in most polls, the outcome of the next election seems all but set.…
The Tories’ biggest missed opportunity
In about a year’s time, maybe less, the British people will collectively hand the Tory government their P45s. Rishi Sunak will be mildly disappointed…
After Hamas, who will control Gaza?
Who will rule Gaza once the war is over? Israel, so far, hasn’t provided an answer. The country’s prime minister…
In defence of ‘nuisance’ buskers
I’ve always been partial to buskers. I’m sympathetic to beggars of most kinds – except the aggressive rotters, of which…
Rishi Sunak is in office but not in power
Can Rishi Sunak still catch a break or has the plughole spiral of British politics now dragged him firmly into…
You can’t cancel Picasso
In the sunlit courtyard of the Picasso Museum in Málaga, Bernard Ruiz-Picasso is telling me about his grandfather, the greatest…
Gaza and the terror of tank warfare
As Israel encircles Gaza City, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) is conducting what we in the British Army call Fibua, or…
Britain’s synagogues have never been fuller
It has been just over a month since the Hamas massacres on 7 October. For British Jews, these past few…
Suella Braverman’s clumsiness makes Met reform less likely
Suella Braverman’s career as Home Secretary may be over very soon. But a long tail of it will be the…
Could the world go to war again?
Armistice Day is an appropriate moment to reflect on why democracies triumphed in the two world wars that blighted the…
Joe Manchin has every reason to run for president
Joe Manchin’s decision to retire from the US Senate is not surprising. The tea leaves have been there for a…
What Harry’s legal win could mean for press regulation
The phone-hacking saga has just been given a new lease of life after a judge ruled that Prince Harry can…
The shrinking lifespan of the college president
Twenty-five years ago I published an essay titled “Dogfish.” It was not about the little sharks that skim along the…
‘Humanitarian pauses’ will help Israel defeat Hamas in Gaza
As the IDF continues to close in on Hamas in the heart of Gaza, the US announced that Israel will…
Prince Harry wins his latest legal battle – but at what cost?
Prince Harry has won a small victory in his High Court battle: a judge ruled this morning that his privacy…
Where does the Suella Braverman debacle go next?
The debacle concerning Suella Braverman makes the front page of most papers today after No. 10 confirmed that the Home…
The negative side of being ‘sex positive’
‘Let’s talk about sex, baby,’ sang female rap duo Salt-N-Pepa back in 1990. More than 30-years later, it can seem…
The spectre of recession continues to haunt the UK economy
The UK economy grew 0.2 per cent in September. This followed 0.1 per cent growth in August, revised downwards from…
Britain must stand up for its Jews
In his speech to parliament on Tuesday, King Charles declared that Britain was ‘committed’ to tackling anti-Semitism. His remarks were…
The Church of England must clarify its stance on homosexuality
The Church of England has realised that its decades of dithering over homosexuality must end. It must finally bite the…
Can Germany’s ‘Rwanda-style’ migrant plan keep the AfD at bay?
Germany is facing one of the greatest political upheavals in its modern history. Polls indicate that the ruling coalition would…
