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Stephen PollardThe Telegraph |
Zia Yusuf is a man of remarkable and rare gifts. His parents are immigrants from Sri Lanka who worked in the NHS. Yusuf himself has had a hugely...
As is so often the case when it comes to coverage of Israel and the Middle East, much of the reporting of Israel’s rejection of the Donald...
It’s a toss-up as to which is the least surprising: today’s new Community Security Trust figures showing another surge in antisemitic incidents,...
If you’ve driven through Temple Fortune in northwest London recently you’ll have noticed (as in many other places) a rather uplifting sight....
Last month, the International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan KC, was suspended after an investigation into a series of sexual...
In my four decades in and around Westminster, I have met plenty of wrong ’uns and seen lots of scandals and disastrous appointments. But I can say...
As Andy Burnham prepares to take over as Prime Minister, we still have no idea who will be the next Home Secretary. It might even still be Shabana...
It looks like it’s going to be a straight fight between Nigel Farage and Count Binface to be the next MP for Clacton. That may be the most bizarre...
There’s been much comment on the appointment of James Purnell as Andy Burnham’s chief of staff. Along with the widely touted return of David...
As a good Labour man, I’m sure Andy Burnham will have read his Marx (even if he is by no stretch a Marxist). And he’ll likely be aware of Marx’s...
If you want to understand why the traditional mainstream parties struggle to gain support, and why Reform is leading the polls, one name will suffice:...
When it became obvious that Andy Burnham would be the next prime minister if he won in Makerfield, it seemed obligatory for any piece about him to...
The last Prime Minister to resign over national security was Neville Chamberlain in 1940. Eighty six years later, Sir Keir Starmer’s defence...
If you follow what’s been going on in recent days in the Middle East from only the BBC and Sky, it must seem as if Israel has broken a series of...
I’m usually resistant to the sentiment behind one of the oldest political jokes: How can you tell when a politician is lying? His lips move. In my...
I am aware that there is limited interest in my domestic arrangements, but there is a reason why I’m telling you that for much of my adult life I...
Interviewed earlier this month at the Cannes film festival, Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes spoke of the ‘shameless orgy of anti-Semitism...
Here’s your starter for ten. When did this report appear on the BBC’s website? “The government is discussing plans for supermarkets to introduce...
There’s an old joke about Andy Burnham that has been recycled since he started making eyes at No. 10. A Blairite, a Brownite, a Milibandite, a...
The joke doing the rounds over the past couple of days has been that the choice of Sir Keir Starmer’s successor is between a candidate too...
Sir Keir Starmer remains dug in as Prime Minister, having told the cabinet: ‘Bring it on if you think you’re hard enough’. Most observers have...
It’s now been two days since the Golders Green terror attack, so if the response to previous such incidents is anything to go by, it’s time for...
It’s always the newspeak that lacerates. The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) has, admirably, set up a new foundation year for ‘talented young...
My companion – my friend – Louie died suddenly on Tuesday. He was nine (his tenth birthday was due next month) which, in cat years, made him...