World
The real far-right threat
There was a horrendous far-right gathering in London yesterday. Racist cries cut through the air like a knife. One attendee…
What BLM and the Remembrance Day protests had in common
Back in June 2020, I attended a quasi-legal Black Lives Matter protest in London, and a widely reviled counter protest,…
Farage to seek millions in damages from NatWest
It’s a busy old time if you’re Nigel Farage. The Brexiteer is expected to shortly become the latest politician to…
Can Remembrance survive?
This week the BBC interviewed the last of the Few. Group Captain John Hemingway, 104, is apparently the only remaining…
How North Korea is supporting Hamas
First, it was Russia’s war with Ukraine. Then, it was Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel. Both of these events, in…
For Israel, the real battle is only just beginning
Israel must steel itself over the coming weeks for more national trauma as the fighting against Hamas in Gaza intensifies…
Remembrance Day protests through the ages
It’s not the first time that protesters have intruded on Remembrance Day. But this time feels different. In the 20s,…
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…
