Holocaust Educational Trust at Party fringe meetings

The Holocaust Educational Trust ran three fringe meetings at this year’s party conferences exploring the influence of the internet and social media on the Holocaust.

Recognising the problem of teaching the Holocaust as survivors die, the HET assembled three panels to discuss role models, fictional depictions of the Shoah, football, radio and television.

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If Miliband wills it, is it a dream?

There are plenty of Jews in the upper echelons of the Conservative party but none of them were tempted this week to follow Ed Miliband's example and share their family histories with the nation. I was hoping we might get into a "my roots are better than your roots" contest, but it was not to be.

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Labour's Douglas Alexander attacks Ken Livingstone over 'rich Jews' comments

Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary has attacked former London Mayor Ken Livingstone over his comments about Jewish voters.

Douglas Alexander said Mr Livingstone was “wrong” to suggest that “wealthy Jews” would not vote for him in the capital's mayoral election earlier this year.

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What’s happened to Labour's passion and principle when the only way was ethics?

There was a time, not so long ago, when you knew where you stood with Labour Party foreign policy. Remember 1997 and that headline in the Observer: "Goodbye Xenophobia"? Robin Cook's ethical foreign policy may now be lost in the mists of New Labour nostalgia, but it was an inspirational rallying cry.

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Loyalty row MP questions reality of Iran threat

The Labour MP who questioned the loyalty of the British envoy to Israel has posited that the Iranian nuclear threat is "non-existent".

In Foreign and Commonwealth Office questions on Tuesday, Paul Flynn, the Labour MP for Newport West, referred to the 179 brave British soldiers who were lost in pursuit of non-existent weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

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