FWIW, I think the story of Yusuf leaving / returning to Reform was over-reported by the Beeb but then it routinely over-reports personnel shuffling / gossip / plotting in preference policy in all par… (View Post)

The way Israel is carrying on is more likely to radicalise not only Palestinian opinion but Arab and muslim opinion more widely (as indeed we see in this country). But I don't accept the premise that… (View Post)

Indeed. There will be lots of people around the world who had grandfathers doing bad things in the 1930s and 1940s. They didn't all turn out like Elon Musk. (View Post)

War crimes are being committed by both sides. Of the two, the greater are now those being committed by Israel, which appears to have a policy of, at the minimum, expelling the Palestinian population … (View Post)

It's not remotely a great result for Labour, who won the seat with their second-smallest share of the vote in the constituency ever. Sure, a win is a win but this augurs very badly for Labour at the … (View Post)