Robin Simcox

The New Statesman open letter is wrong about Palestine Action

22 October 2026 7:53 pm

Proscribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group was probably the most contentious action Yvette Cooper ever took as home secretary.…

Why won’t the UK curtail the Muslim Brotherhood?

22 August 2026 9:00 am

What should the British government do about the Muslim Brotherhood? This question has confounded policy-makers for decades and was brought…

How Gaza became one of the biggest issues of the local elections

25 April 2026 9:00 am

As Tony Blair contested a third election in 2005, the Labour government’s popularity was in tatters. The divisions in the…