Dawkins ponders anti-Islam alliance with evangelical Christians Richard Dawkins is often described as a “militant atheist”. However, if this term is meant to convey that Dawkins maintains… Continue reading “Dawkins ponders anti-Islam alliance with evangelical Christians”…
Has Starmer been bought by Israel? Over the four years since he was elected Labour Party leader, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve read on… Continue reading “Has Starmer been bought by Israel?”…
Churchill and Tonypandy: Who was responsible for sending in the troops? A while back I wrote a long article (“Churchill and Tonypandy: Did he really shoot down striking miners?”) analysing Winston Churchill’s… Continue reading “Churchill and Tonypandy: Who was responsible for sending in the troops?”…
Has the Labour front bench ‘taken almost £650,000 from private health companies’? Back in the day I used to spend quite a lot of time (probably more than was strictly necessary) debunking… Continue reading “Has the Labour front bench ‘taken almost £650,000 from private health companies’?”…
Stephen Fry, Israel’s war on Gaza, and antisemitism in the UK today Channel 4’s “Alternative Christmas Message” for 2023 was presented by Stephen Fry, and addressed the subject of the rise in antisemitic… Continue reading “Stephen Fry, Israel’s war on Gaza, and antisemitism in the UK today”…
‘What me, an Islamophobe?’ Stephen Fry replies to critics Under the headline “Stephen Fry hits back at accusations of Islamophobia”, the Independent on Sunday reported yesterday on the controversy over Stephen… Continue reading “‘What me, an Islamophobe?’ Stephen Fry replies to critics”…
Labour MP was intimidated with antisemitic graffiti, police claim On 22 November, in a subsequently deleted tweet, Labour MP Feryal Clark denounced the spraying of graffiti on the shutters of her… Continue reading “Labour MP was intimidated with antisemitic graffiti, police claim”…
Review of Richard Seymour’s ‘Unhitched’ Unhitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens, by Richard Seymour, Verso, 134pp, £9.99 The secularists of the British Humanist Association launched… Continue reading “Review of Richard Seymour’s ‘Unhitched’”…
Now and Then: A critical analysis Opinion is clearly polarised over Now and Then, the much-hyped single issued last week in the name of the Beatles. Some fans… Continue reading “Now and Then: A critical analysis”…
Did Ukraine issue an official stamp to celebrate Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka? You might have thought there was sufficient substance to the scandal over Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka’s recent appearance in the… Continue reading “Did Ukraine issue an official stamp to celebrate Waffen-SS veteran Yaroslav Hunka?”…