Labour’s Perpetual “Crisis of Antisemitism”
Today we release our #TenPledges, identifying 10 key points we believe Labour needs to sign up to in order to begin healing its relationship with the Jewish community.We would expect…
Postal Votes and the 2019 General Election.
Postal voting has been steadily increasing in the UK, perhaps in line with our aging population. When I delivered Labour Party leaflets to postal voters during the 2019 General Election…
Labour and antisemitism.
This is a letter I wrote to ipaper in response to an article on Labour and antisemitism. It is yet to be published. Dear Sir, In today’s i (November 27)…
The Daily Mail attacks its own campaign over Guantanamo Bay story
The Daily Mail was outraged last week by the news that Jamal al Harith, an ISIS suicide bomber had once been interned in Guantanamo Bay until the Labour government obtained…
Churchill or Bust?
There are so many big lies in the world – think Brexit Bus or the current outpourings from the Whitehouse – that there is a danger that the little lies…
Is Trump a God? The Consolations of Mythology.
Bernard Knox’s introduction to Robert Fagles’ translation of The Iliad contains an interesting discussion on the nature of the gods and heroes of Greek myth. In contrast to the moral…
Labour and Article 50
Jeremy Corbyn is coming in for a lot of criticism over the three line whip on MPs to vote for the Government motion on Article 50. But what was the…
Yet Another Baseless Labour Party Scare Story
Labour Officials warned to be on the alert for violent behaviour at Labour Party Conference. This is a headline in today’s i paper. Apparently there is a memo, we are…
A Tale of Two Headlines
On Tuesday 19th July the Northwest Evening Mail was dominated by the news that the renewal of Trident guaranteed the future prosperity of Barrow-in-Furness, where BAe Systems will build the…
Corbyn’s critics plumb new depths
On Sunday Nick Cohen wrote a column in the Observer: Extremism thrives because of cowardly collaborators. It was fairly run of the mill. Republican politicians who pride themselves on their…