Keir Starmer faces an assortment of political woes
The potential veto of Sue Gray as his chief of staff is only the latest setback for the Labour leader…
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Diane Abbott’s letter shows Jews still don’t count
Throughout history Jews have been subjected to racist discrimination. Why do supposed progressives still not grasp this truth?
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Should Labour forgive Diane Abbott or forget her?
Views on how the former shadow home secretary should be treated are divided and do not fall along normal party…
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What Diane Abbott gets wrong about racism
The Labour MP’s response to my column showed a stunning lack of judgement and awareness.
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How to run as an independent: an advice letter to Jeremy Corbyn
You might even get a few Tories voting for you to embarrass the Labour Party, just like the 2015 Labour…
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Keir Starmer shows his strength by banning Jeremy Corbyn’s candidacy
Discontent among the unions will not trouble the Labour leader too much.
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The limits of humanism
How do we reconcile our capacity for good and evil? Humanist thinking does not have all the answers.
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Margaret Hodge: Confronting anti-Semitism in Labour was harder than fighting the BNP
After 50 years as a politician, the Blairite veteran reflects on Jeremy Corbyn, urges Labour to tax wealth, and says…
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David Baddiel’s Diary: Shouting at the World Cup, a timeout from Twitter, and why Jews still don’t count
My new documentary was received well, but friends still called to tell me I was being slagged off on social…
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What David Baddiel doesn’t get about anti-Semitism
Saying “Jews don’t count” separates us from other minorities, rather than uniting us in search of progress.
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Jews. In their Own Words is a sharp illustration of how the oldest hatred is still with us
Jonathan Freedland’s play considers the prejudicial myths fuelling anti-Semitism today, and how the Royal Court became complicit.
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Donald Trump is hardly the only Republican chastising American Jews
It is a fact of political life that right-wingers like to whine about “disloyal” Jews voting Democrat.
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Liz Truss’s conflation of anti-Semitism with wokeism is mad and bad
Please don’t drag Jews into the culture war.
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With George Soros, right-wing America puts conspiracy above reality
By invoking “Soros-backed prosecutors”, Republicans are trying to decide who gets to participate fully in US society.
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Hungary and the US right deepen their illiberal mutual admiration
The presence of American conservatives in Budapest has reconfirmed the close ties between Donald Trump and Viktor Orbán.
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Banning books means some children learn about racism the hard way
From Maus to The Bluest Eye, US conservatives seem to want to shelter pupils for ever. It won’t work.
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What Whoopi Goldberg got wrong about race and the Holocaust
Race is not just about skin colour. And it’s not a black-and-white issue.
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Attacks on George Soros show the right is out of ideas
Going after Soros is easier than campaigning against real opponents, be they in Washington or Budapest.
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Texas synagogue attack shows corrosive power of anti-Semitism
Yes, there really are people who think the Jews control everything. That belief degrades all of society.
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Roald Dahl’s anti-Semitism was grotesque. I should know – I saw it first hand
When I interviewed him in 1983, Dahl was polite and not unfriendly. But he was a bigot.
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