Stephen Daisley

Stephen Daisley is a columnist for the Scottish Daily Mail and a blogger for the Spectator.

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I’m a non-Jew who can’t pass a good broiges without sticking my nose in

I’m not one of those normal, even-keel Gentiles who fight antisemitism but keep out of internal disputes. Whether the issue is inviting Farage to a rally or Charedim in the IDF, I’ll have an opinion

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Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam (Image: Getty Images)

People unfurl a giant Israeli flag at the Western Wall Plaza on the eve of Jerusalem Day, May 25, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Jews are the biggest bad-asses to ever walk the Earth

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How the BBC turned Palestinian adults into children – and erased Israeli kids

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Reporter Marissa Lang, who was laid off from the Washington Post, speaks as Washington Post employees, along with supporters from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, rally outside the Washington Post office building in Washington, DC, on Feburary 5, 2026. The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced major job cuts on February 4, saying that "painful" restructuring was needed at the storied newspaper. The Post, which gained legendary status when its reporting helped bring down president Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, will see "substantial" reductions in its newsroom, Executive Editor Matt Murray said. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

From woke to broke: The Washington Post’s crisis should alarm the BBC and others

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Is America still good for the Jews?

The ‘goldene medina’ now faces rising antisemitism on left and right. But in a nation founded on liberalism and Protestant ethics, the chosen people cannot be written out of the story because their tradition is its co-author

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January 14, 2026 17:19

Nick Fuentes (l) and Tucker Carlson (Image: X)

Jews had to die, repeatedly, before the UK acted on ‘globalise the intifada’

In Britain, and not only Britain, solidarity with the community tends to be post-mortem

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December 18, 2025 11:24

Relatives of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the December 14 Bondi beach terror attack, lean over his coffin during his funeral on December 17, 2025. (Image: Getty)

The one Israel boycott I back is Eurovision. The contest is trash

I’m a passionate Zionist. But a man has his limits, and while I’ll gladly defend checkpoints, settlements and exploding pagers, I draw the line at Netta Barzilai impersonating a chicken

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December 10, 2025 11:01

Netta Barzilai aka Netta representing Israel in her winning performance at Eurovision 2018. (Image: Getty)

The horseshoe politics of America is coming for the Jews

On either side of the ideological spectrum, Jews are facing threats

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November 4, 2025 11:50

The horseshoe politics of America is coming for the Jews

Neither Balfour nor Britain created Israel. The Jews did

The past can be celebrated or lamented, critiqued and revised, but it cannot be undone

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September 18, 2025 15:21

Arthur Balfour (standing) at the first council of the League of Nations held in St James Palace in London, England, 26th February 1920 (Image: Getty)

Bari Weiss was meant to fade – instead, she’s taking over

Driven from the New York Times, she built The Free Press into a powerhouse, challenged the legacy media on everything from Israel to free speech, and may soon rise to top ranks of CBS. For America’s progressive press, her comeback is the bitterest twist of all

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September 9, 2025 16:21

Bari Weiss speaks onstage during Book Club event With Peggy Noonan on November 19, 2024 in New York City. (Image: Getty)

We Catholics must reject that old anti-Israel strain in our church

An errant IDF tank shell killed three civilians at Holy Family in Gaza – a tragedy that warrants mourning. But it should not be used as a pretext to further that strain of special antagonism that runs through the faithful when it comes to Israel.

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July 24, 2025 11:24

The damaged facade of the Holy Family Church, a day after it was hit in an Israeli strike in Gaza on July 18, 2025. (Image: Getty)

Glastonbury errors prove the BBC should not be funded by the licence fee

Our national broadcaster is the articulator of a worldview in which Israel is a malefactor of unique depravity

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July 1, 2025 16:06

To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan performs at Glastonbury, leading a chat of "Death to the IDF' and ranting about 'working for a Zionist' (Photo: Getty Images)

Israel strikes at Iran, Starmer strikes at logic

The prime minister seems to accept the legitimacy of Israeli force in theory but in practice his tolerance is contingent on party management, elite opinion and perhaps personal squeamishness

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June 16, 2025 13:38

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

Palestine Action targets an Israeli company – and the UK looks the other way

Could the state take a more pro-active role in tacklign this kind of action?

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June 4, 2025 16:48

Rico House in Manchester vandalised by Palestine Action, May 15, 2025

Recognise Jerusalem, not a fantasy Palestine

Affirming Israel’s capital would acknowledge the truth, show solidarity with UK’s beleaguered Jewish community and counter anti-Zionism across the West

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May 14, 2025 09:54