May 2013
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Opinion: If a party must be fit for power, Ukip’s not fit for purpose
Headline-grabbing polls in recent days for the Independent on Sunday and Survation confirm that the local elections weren’t just a blip. Ukip has brought ‘Politics 4.0’ to Britain. Last weekend’s ComRes survey for the The Independent on Sunday claimed one in five people would vote Ukip in a general election. Labour is now at its… Continue reading
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Opinion: TV show Jewish Mum of the Year was my idea – and I’m proud of it
The mere thought of eight mums battling it out on television to become Jewish mother of the year is enough to put most Jews in the grip of a collective Woody Allen-sized neurosis. So let me assure everyone right from the start that no Jews were spiritually harmed in the making of this programme. Channel 4’s… Continue reading
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Opinion: Sorry seems to be the hardest Ward
What’s in a name? It’s a question Liberal Democrat MP David Ward should have pondered more thoroughly before implying ‘the Jews’ (yes, the whole bally lot of them) are inflicting Nazi-like ‘atrocities’ on the Palestinians. What’s in a name? Well, Mr Ward, when it comes hijacking the Holocaust and inferring I’m no better than Henrich… Continue reading
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Opinion: Eurovision – not as rubbish as The Voice
If music be the food of love, it’s time to get indigestion. Phrases like Ah-Bah-Nee-Bee-Nee-Bon-Nee-Beh and Diggi-Loo-Diggi-Ley will soon be echoing from 70 million television sets across 30 European counties as the Eurovision Song Contest unites Europe (and Israel) through the universal medium of song on Saturday night. This three hour bad-taste jamboree is a… Continue reading
About Me
Newspaper editor and publisher with 30-years’ experience at national and local titles in the UK and USA including the Daily Mail, Daily Mirror and Jewish Advocate. Editor of Jewish News (Free Weekly Newspaper of the Year 2021/22) since 2009. Columnist for The Times, Daily Telegraph, New Statesman, Independent and others.