How to stop rising Jew hate in Britain
It’s now been two days since the Golders Green terror attack, so if the response to previous such incidents is…
Why doesn’t the Royal Academy of Music like private school kids?
It’s always the newspeak that lacerates. The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) has, admirably, set up a new foundation year…
Nothing prepares you for the death of a pet
My companion – my friend – Louie died suddenly on Tuesday. He was nine (his tenth birthday was due next…
What the Guardian should have asked Francesca Albanese
There are times when even the Guardian is beyond parody. The newspaper which recently published an article by Iran’s foreign…
What David Attenborough gets wrong about cats
Here we go again. Last February I wrote about the latest wave of ‘catphobia’ – my new word, do use…
How could Wireless festival book Kanye West?
Here’s a surprise. For over two years the Mayor of London has maintained a Trappist vow over the regular hate…
Tucker Carlson’s troubling drift from the mainstream
Tucker Carlson is one of the most influential and popular podcasters in the world. He is, not to put too…
Campus anti-Semitism is dragging Britain to a dark place
Would you share a house with someone black? Even to pose the question, let alone to say no, is to…
Iran isn’t only a threat in the Middle East
It must be a comforting thought to those who oppose the military action against the Iranian regime that it is,…
The Tories aren’t dead yet
In 1997 the doyen of Democrat political columnists in the US, E.J. Dionne, published They Only Look Dead. He argued…
Why Jew hate is spiralling out of control
The latest set of antisemitism figures from the Community Security Trust covering 2025 are depressingly predictable. Last year, saw 3,700…
Watch out for Kemi Badenoch
The political focus is, quite rightly, now on Sir Keir Starmer. You hardly need me to point out how tenuous…
Davos’s Iran invite is a new low
It’s the fag end of January, so that means it’s time for Davos – the annual World Economic Forum (WEF)…
Is Robert Jenrick really welcome in Reform?
Robert Jenrick isn’t often compared to Groucho Marx, but there’s something apposite about the latter’s line, ‘I don’t want to…
Sacking Jenrick has made Badenoch stronger
The most important thing about Robert Jenrick’s sacking isn’t Robert Jenrick. It’s that it is yet another demonstration of Kemi…
Why won’t Britain proscribe the Muslim Brotherhood?
What is it going to take for the British government – any British government, of any party – to proscribe…
Hugh Bonneville should pipe down about Israel
Hugh, meet Claire. Claire, meet Hugh. Claire has some guidance that might prove useful for you, Hugh. Should, that is,…
Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s apology changes nothing
Call me an old cynic, but I knew from the moment that the Alaa Abd el-Fattah affair blew up what…
Jewish fans deserve the truth about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Villa Park ban
Everyone is familiar with the old insult that you can tell when a politician is not telling the truth because…
Your Party’s implosion almost makes me feel sorry for Jeremy Corbyn
I’ll fight you if you contradict my assertion that The Producers is the funniest film ever made. It’s celluloid perfection.…
We should admire Shabana Mahmood’s political conversion
It’s difficult to recall any minister in recent years, let alone a Home Secretary, who has been lauded with such…
Shabana Mahmood speaks like a leader
The most apposite comment on Shabana Mahmood’s proposed reforms to the asylum system came from Kemi Badenoch during yesterday’s Commons…
Is this the man who can save the BBC?
I’m not going to rehash here the details of the memorandum by Michael Prescott, the former independent editorial standards adviser…
Hatred was the winner in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s game against Aston Villa
On the field, last night’s losers were Maccabi Tel Aviv, beaten 2-0 by Aston Villa in their Europa League match.…
Milei’s medicine is working. Labour should take note
Barely a month ago, the received wisdom was that the Javier Milei experiment in Argentina had effectively collapsed. The self-styled…
