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Are we really preparing for war with Russia?
Are we really on the cusp of a real, shooting war with Russia? If you believe some of the rhetoric,…
Diaspora Jews are no longer free
Jews had gathered on Bondi Beach to celebrate the first night of Chanukah, the festival of light and freedom. Uniquely…
Rachel Reeves can’t escape blame for rising unemployment
Unemployment has risen again. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show the UK’s unemployment rate rose to…
Why I pity the liberals being mugged by reality
What a mess. This little phrase seems unequal to the task of describing the situation Britain finds itself in after…
Ireland’s Jews have never felt lonelier
The massacre of Jews on Bondi Beach was the tragic, yet inevitable, result of rising Jew hatred throughout the western…
The Reith lectures are a new low in BBC history
This year’s Reith lecturer is the historian and activist Rutger Bregman. Given the way things work in the BBC, it…
A trip to Fortnum’s turned me into an expert gift-giver
I had only been to Fortnum & Mason once before. The first time I went, I wasn’t sure what I…
How I won over a Scrooge-like New Yorker
Like all men, my dear friend Chris Black is an absolutely terrible person to shop with. He behaves only marginally…
Where is the violence against women and girls strategy?
There was a revealing moment in today’s Liaison Committee session with Keir Starmer where the Prime Minister was asked about…
Starmer’s liaison committee grilling revealed three things
Today’s liaison committee meeting was not one for the history books. It was a fairly lacklustre affair, with some of…
There are bin liners with more empathy than Keir Starmer
The liaison committee is always a laugh. It’s sort of like a year in review for the government’s litany of…
Why won’t the West defend Jews?
Bondi Beach is not occupied territory. Yet a Jewish celebration there ended in blood. It is not within a military…
The Bondi Beach attack shows diversity is not our strength
In the wake of a tragedy it is only fitting that public figures issue words of condolence. But there’s a…
Watch: Starmer grilled on family farm tax
Once, the Liaison Committee was a must-watch in the House of Commons. But the Starmer super-majority means that the thrice-yearly…
Paul Lumber’s death isn’t funny. Why does that need saying?
Publicly mocking a man who has just died from falling off a ladder. This is what the ‘compassionate’ left has…
Keir Starmer’s Russia problem is here to stay
Keir Starmer will travel to Berlin this afternoon to join European leaders for a ‘mini-summit’ in support of Ukraine following…
Will Labour cut ties with Dale Vince?
Good old Dale Vince is at it again. The eccentric eco-millionaire seems to be plagued by a bout of foot-in-mouth-disease –…
How many more memorial candles must Jews light?
Jews are big on candles. We light two candles every Friday night to welcome the Sabbath and we do the…
Did the Democrats kill Roomba?
Allow me to add an additional downer note to this grimmest of news days: iRobot, the company that manufactures Roombas,…
Why was this old man fined £250 for spitting out a leaf?
‘I celebrate myself, and sing myself,’ wrote Walt Whitman in his rhapsodic celebration of freedom, Leaves of Grass. ‘And what I…
Will bromance bloom between Trump and Jordan Bardella?
Life has never been so good for Jordan Bardella, the 30-year-old president of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. A recent…
Bondi Beach and the heroism of Ahmed al Ahmed
As the appalling story of Sunday’s anti-Jewish mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach continue to unfold, and 16 people are…
Chile turns rightward
Chile has joined the right-wing trend sweeping Latin America by electing the ultra-conservative candidate Jose Antonio Kast as its first…
Why are world leaders shocked by the Bondi Beach attack?
Micheál Martin, Ireland’s Taoiseach, said he is shocked by the anti-Semitic slaughter on Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Ursula von der Leyen,…
Why was this innocent doctor ever investigated for her ‘anti-trans’ posts?
This one has everything: drag queens, swastikas, X and freedom of speech. Dr Anne Woodhouse is a clinical psychologist in…
