On Monday, David Cameron gave a moving speech at the Holocaust Educational Trust’s (HET) annual dinner. He pledged to visit Auschwitz next year and said Britain would never forget where hate speech leads. He added: “The Holocaust did not begin with mass murder. It began with words. When we see this, we should stand up… Continue reading

Before the start of the football season, perhaps mindful of its shocking handling of the Luis Suárez/Patrice Evra racism affair, Liverpool issued a list of “unacceptable words” for fans to avoid chanting at Anfield. It contained all the usual sorry suspects: The ‘N-word’, Paki, Chink, Nip, Lezzer, Dyke, Bender, Homo, Fag, Cripple, Retard, Raghead, Wog… Continue reading

There have been so many false starts between Israel and the Palestinians that, today, only the historically ignorant believe peace is still possible. From the Lausanne Conference in 1949 to the current virtual diplomatic jostling by US Secretary of State John Kerry, both sides have endured year upon year of disappointment and division. Of all… Continue reading