Lee Harpin
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This was a good speech by the PM at the Downing St Chanukah reception this afternoon.
Keir Starmer vows to confront the Islamist extremist threat to UK Jews www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer vows to confront the Islamist extremist threat to UK Jews www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer vows to confront the Islamist extremist threat to UK Jews
PM appeared alongside Chief Rabbi Mirvis at Downing St Chanukah reception
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December 16, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This was a good speech by the PM at the Downing St Chanukah reception this afternoon.
Keir Starmer vows to confront the Islamist extremist threat to UK Jews www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer...
Keir Starmer vows to confront the Islamist extremist threat to UK Jews www.jewishnews.co.uk/keir-starmer...
On UK recognition of a Palestinian state
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On UK recognition of a Palestinian state
Thoughts ahead of Keir Starmer's government decision to proceed with foreign policy shift
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September 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
On UK recognition of a Palestinian state
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Diane Abbott unhelpfully doubles down on her comments regarding the differences between anti-Black, anti-Jewish and anti-Traveller racism. On the one hand she is correct, unless you are visibly Jewish (ie Charedi or wearing a kippah), or indeed a Jew of colour, walking down the street, you are
July 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Diane Abbott unhelpfully doubles down on her comments regarding the differences between anti-Black, anti-Jewish and anti-Traveller racism. On the one hand she is correct, unless you are visibly Jewish (ie Charedi or wearing a kippah), or indeed a Jew of colour, walking down the street, you are
Home SecretaryYvette Cooper has announced new laws to prevent intimidating protests near to synagogues and religious buildings www.jewishnews.co.uk/uk-announces...
BREAKING: UK announces new laws to stop intimidating protests near synagogues - Jewish News
Police handed new powers to impose tougher conditions on protests after communal anger at location of pro-Palestine marches
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March 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Home SecretaryYvette Cooper has announced new laws to prevent intimidating protests near to synagogues and religious buildings www.jewishnews.co.uk/uk-announces...
Tut, tut Greens www.jewishnews.co.uk/greens-accus...
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November 26, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Tut, tut Greens www.jewishnews.co.uk/greens-accus...
Good to hear Sadiq Khan extend an invitation to US president elect Donald Trump to come to London next year. And to join him on a visit to Friday prayers at a Mosque or to Shabbat services at a synagogue, or to a Hindu temple to help him see the true diversity of the UK's capital
November 22, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Good to hear Sadiq Khan extend an invitation to US president elect Donald Trump to come to London next year. And to join him on a visit to Friday prayers at a Mosque or to Shabbat services at a synagogue, or to a Hindu temple to help him see the true diversity of the UK's capital
UK could enforce ICC Netanyahu arrest warrant if ratified by independent domestic court www.jewishnews.co.uk/uk-to-decide...
UK to enforce ICC Netanyahu arrest warrant if ratified by independent domestic court
Downing Street confirms that Keir Starmer respects the independence of the ICC but he does not draw moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas
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November 22, 2024 at 6:49 AM
UK could enforce ICC Netanyahu arrest warrant if ratified by independent domestic court www.jewishnews.co.uk/uk-to-decide...
Corbyn more outspoken today than he was after Salisbury, it appears
November 20, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Corbyn more outspoken today than he was after Salisbury, it appears
Which surely raises Qs as to why it wasn’t put to bed earlier by Labour? www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories...
Tories Accused Of 'Desperate Smear Campaign' After Watchdog Clears Labour Over Cronyism Claims
The new government had been accused of stuffing Whitehall with their supporters.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Which surely raises Qs as to why it wasn’t put to bed earlier by Labour? www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/tories...
Every community has its own ugly internal slurs. The word ‘kapo’ - used once to describe those Jews who collaborated with Nazis in concentration camps but now unveiled by some in a modern context - is particularly ugly in mine.
November 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Every community has its own ugly internal slurs. The word ‘kapo’ - used once to describe those Jews who collaborated with Nazis in concentration camps but now unveiled by some in a modern context - is particularly ugly in mine.
Labour hitting back on Kemi Badenoch speech to farmers. “Let us not forget that it was Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives that forced over twelve thousand farmers and agricultural businesses out of business.
They sold farmers out in trade deals, left them facing spiralling
They sold farmers out in trade deals, left them facing spiralling
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Labour hitting back on Kemi Badenoch speech to farmers. “Let us not forget that it was Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives that forced over twelve thousand farmers and agricultural businesses out of business.
They sold farmers out in trade deals, left them facing spiralling
They sold farmers out in trade deals, left them facing spiralling
More appalling scenes out of Gaza. The right to defeat Hamas, and Hezbollah is undeniable. The death of innocent civilians, including children is not. And will only lead to more hate, and more conflict in the future.
November 18, 2024 at 7:14 PM
More appalling scenes out of Gaza. The right to defeat Hamas, and Hezbollah is undeniable. The death of innocent civilians, including children is not. And will only lead to more hate, and more conflict in the future.
One of the two busts stolen from Manchester Uni and then 'beheaded' online by Palestine Action idiots now turns out not to be a former Israeli president, but that of Harold Baily Dixon, ex professor of chemistry at the uni, it now seems.
November 18, 2024 at 7:13 PM
One of the two busts stolen from Manchester Uni and then 'beheaded' online by Palestine Action idiots now turns out not to be a former Israeli president, but that of Harold Baily Dixon, ex professor of chemistry at the uni, it now seems.
Excellent by Starmer over attempt to push him to describe Gaza as genocide. ‘It’d be wise to start a question like that by reference to what happened in Oct last year.” he tells MPs. ‘I’m well aware of the definition of genocide, that’s why I’ve never described this as & referred to it as genocide.’
November 18, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Excellent by Starmer over attempt to push him to describe Gaza as genocide. ‘It’d be wise to start a question like that by reference to what happened in Oct last year.” he tells MPs. ‘I’m well aware of the definition of genocide, that’s why I’ve never described this as & referred to it as genocide.’
Westminster sources describe glum looks of many on Tory benches in response to Kemi Badenoch's week 2 PMQs performance. "Makes you realise how competent Sunak actually was," says one. "Only got our members to thank for this," says another.
November 18, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Westminster sources describe glum looks of many on Tory benches in response to Kemi Badenoch's week 2 PMQs performance. "Makes you realise how competent Sunak actually was," says one. "Only got our members to thank for this," says another.