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The man who saved London from Hitler has been totally forgotten

All sorts of nonentities are honoured with statues but there is nothing to commemorate the role of French resistance hero Michel Hollard

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The man who saved London from Hitler has been totally forgotten

The left wants diversity but not when it comes to views

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370799 02: Author Martin Amis poses for a photographer June 12, 2000 at a book signing at the Beverly Hills Library in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Online USA)

I'll always respect Amis, the man who called out the far left on Islamism

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Israelis protest against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside PM Netanyahu's house in Jerusalem, July 10, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** שמאל משטרה ירושלים הפגנה בלפור

Israel’s citizen army has made history

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Seeing Starmer as dull misses the point - he is defusing bombs

Many feel bitter about Sir Keir's record, but history shows that politicians who compromise, not brave dissidents, are the ones who bring societies back from the brink of extremism

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February 16, 2023 11:54

Seeing Starmer as dull misses the point - he is defusing bombs

There’s one dog in Putin’s war that has not barked… yet

From the tsars to the Soviet communists, Russia’s rulers have exploited the world’s oldest hatred in times of crisis

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December 29, 2022 13:14

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his New Year address to Russians in central Moscow on December 31, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Alexey NIKOLSKY (Photo credit should read ALEXEY NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

The complacency of the left collapses at the synagogue gates

A new book features repeated claims that Jews worry too much about racism. Yes, the scale can be overstated, but the reality is that schools and shuls have security because they need it

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November 17, 2022 12:02

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 22: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn meets with asylum seeker brothers Somer Umeed and Areeb Umeed at Possilpark Parish Church on August 22, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeremy Corbyn met with asylum seeker families in Glasgow threatened with eviction by Serco and called for such services to be delivered by public bodies. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

God save our newly crowned King from great British public

The new monarch has always been a steadfast friend of the Jewish community, yet the pressures he will face as he ascends the throne are immense, not least from his subjects

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September 22, 2022 10:46

Britain's Prince Charles attends the funeral of former Israeli president and prime minister Shimon Peres at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jerusalem on September 30, 2016. World leaders including US President Barack Obama and Prince Charles were bidding farewell to Israeli ex-prime minister and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres as his funeral began under massive security. / AFP / POOL / ABIR SULTAN (Photo credit should read ABIR SULTAN/AFP via Getty Images)

How Maajid Nawaz went from hero to conspiracy theorist

His ideas now are not so far from the ravings of the dogmatists he once exposed

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August 4, 2022 08:28

How Maajid Nawaz went from hero to conspiracy theorist

The Eye of Sauron is on Ukraine and it’s coming for us next

If Russia wins, we will have to live with the consequences for decades. Those will include a genuine fear of war, which will mean huge defence spending — and psychological costs

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June 16, 2022 13:02

The Eye of Sauron is on Ukraine and it’s coming for us next

Time to expose the hypocrisy of Putin’s willing cheerleaders

Monomaniacs on both the far left and the far right are so obsessed with attacking their own societies that they lose track of reality, ignoring the evil of an actual war in Europe today

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April 28, 2022 13:47

Time to expose the hypocrisy of Putin’s willing cheerleaders

Ukrainians do not benefit from ‘white privilege’

The average Ukrainian has experienced more suffering than leftish commentators

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March 10, 2022 12:32

TOPSHOT - People remove personal belongings from a burning house after being shelled in the city of Irpin, outside Kyiv, on March 4, 2022. - More than 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring countries since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, United Nations figures showed on March 4, 2022. (Photo by Aris Messinis / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Islamist terrorism a crime wave, or are we fighting a war?

Rather than being seen as a civilisational threat, Islamism is now seen as comparable to the anarchist movement at the turn of the last century — which eventually withered away

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January 20, 2022 17:04

Is Islamist terrorism a crime wave, or are we fighting a war?

Labour should be looking to Israel for lessons on winning

Israeli politicians of all stripes put their differences aside for what they considered to be the greater good. In Britain, however, opposition parties refuse to make any compromises

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December 3, 2021 11:14

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Israeli Foreign minister Yair Lapid attend the first government conference, at the Israeli parliament on June 13, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

How Britain’s young academics became so deeply radicalised

Lecturers know they are reliant for their future on the support of colleagues so they do not dare to step beyond the consensus, meaning that self-censorship becomes the norm

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October 14, 2021 16:29

THE CHAIR (L to R) SANDRA OH as JI-YOON in episode 102 of THE CHAIR Cr. ELIZA MORSE/NETFLIX © 2021

We should see our ancestors’ faces in those fleeing Taliban

Dominic Raab and Priti Patel, whose own forebears fled persecution and found refuge in Britain, should have taken much quicker action to help save the Afghans at risk of death

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August 26, 2021 17:30

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel (C) attends the dedication ceremony of the new national UK Police Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England, on July 28, 2021. - The 12-metre high brass memorial designed by architect Walter Jack commemorates the courage and sacrifice of members of the UK Police service. Since the establishment of the Bow Street Runners in 1749, almost 5,000 police officers and staff have died on duty, 1,500 from acts of violence. (Photo by Christopher Furlong / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTOPHER FURLONG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Nick Cohen

Latest from Nick Cohen

The man who saved London from Hitler has been totally forgotten

The left wants diversity but not when it comes to views

I'll always respect Amis, the man who called out the far left on Islamism

Israel’s citizen army has made history

More from Nick Cohen

Seeing Starmer as dull misses the point - he is defusing bombs

There’s one dog in Putin’s war that has not barked… yet

The complacency of the left collapses at the synagogue gates

God save our newly crowned King from great British public

How Maajid Nawaz went from hero to conspiracy theorist

The Eye of Sauron is on Ukraine and it’s coming for us next

Time to expose the hypocrisy of Putin’s willing cheerleaders

Ukrainians do not benefit from ‘white privilege’

Is Islamist terrorism a crime wave, or are we fighting a war?

Labour should be looking to Israel for lessons on winning

How Britain’s young academics became so deeply radicalised

We should see our ancestors’ faces in those fleeing Taliban