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…
Higher interest rates on the cards
The IMF recently warned the Australian federal government and Reserve Bank of Australia that they needed to take a more…
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.…
Whither journalism for the common people?
Who knew that news media services would become so partisan that they would support government agendas that conflict with the common people?…
Queensland’s parents deeply concerned over four day week
The obsession with a ‘four-day-week’ is underpinned by one unworkable fact: if you work fewer hours you must be paid…
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…
Deport the Jew-haters
‘I will f—king find you. Hunt you down. Gas you. Kill you. Teach you a lesson. Your (sic) f—king Jew.…
