Stephen Pollard

Stephen Pollard was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 2008-2021

Latest from Stephen Pollard

The BBC’s silence on Iran’s protests is a scandal

The regime’s fall would reshape the world. Yet for Britain’s national broadcaster, the Guardian and their ideological fellow travellers, there is little to see

5 min read

Anti-regime protestors in Iran (Image: X)

A mob of anti-Israel demonstrators clad in black and covering their faces gathered outside Villa Park stadium (Image: Roland Leon)

This was the toughest year in living memory for UK Jews … and there is no sign of things improving in 2026

7 min read

Prince Turki Al-Faisal said Israel must act like a "normal country" for Saudi Arabia to establish relations (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images)

Saudi Arabia deciding what’s a “normal country”? That’s comedy gold

3 min read

Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve heads up working group that drafted new definition (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

New ‘Islamophobia’ definition will do nothing to stop hate crime and is fraught with danger

7 min read

Sydney terror deepens my doubts about the future of British Jews

I am sorry to sound so pessimistic but I see no other rational response than desolation at where we now are

2 min read

December 14, 2025 14:25

Police cars at the scene of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (Image: Getty)

Rachel Reeves: the Zionist minister in a Labour government turning on Israel

The Chancellor is sound as they come on the Jewish state. But she is a member of a cabinet that has not merely fed the anti-Zionist narrative but has allowed antisemitism itself to flourish

4 min read

December 9, 2025 16:23

Sir Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves (R) and David Lammy (L)

Israeli lives don’t count: what the celebrity crusade for Barghouti says about our ‘elites’

A cast of household names, from Stephen Fry to Sting, demand the release of a man convicted of directing deadly terror attacks. I doubt any of them would ever work again if he had been convicted in the UK and his victims were British

3 min read

December 3, 2025 12:42

Marwan Barghuti (2nd R) at the start of his trial at the Tel Aviv Court, September 5, 2002 (Image: Getty)

The Guardian, the BBC and the weaponisation of antisemitism against Nigel Farage

It’s an effort to cast the Reform UK leader as far right when he and his party are mainstream. He should be judged on his actions today, not on schoolboy insults from half a century ago

3 min read

November 26, 2025 17:46

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage (Image: Getty)

Rupa Huq blames a right-wing ‘cabal’ for the BBC’s left-wing bias scandal – naturally

It's painful to watch how the Labour MP manages to turn reality on its head. It seems, the only acceptable political views to hold are those which she holds

4 min read

November 20, 2025 16:25

The chutzpah of the self-styled Independent Muslim MPs

Iqbal Mohamed stood for election on a platform of being a Muslim MP, who was elected because he stood as a Muslim MP, and who has consistently described himself as a Muslim MP – and yet complains that he is painted as being ‘sectarian’

3 min read

November 17, 2025 13:57

I disagree with Zack Polanski’s politics – but he’s right to reclaim his Jewish name

There’s plenty to criticise about the Green party leader without challenging his right to honour his heritage

3 min read

November 11, 2025 10:53

Green Party leader Zack Polanski delivers his speech at his party's annual conference (Photo: Getty)

The BBC is sorry. Not

Even as its two most senior employees resign, the corporation seems as unwilling as ever to tackle the root cause of the scandal

3 min read

November 10, 2025 16:26

Tim Davie and Deborah Turness (Image: Getty)

Jews are talking about leaving and Starmer must take some of the blame

The PM acted against antisemitism in his own party – but he has done little about the tsunami of hate since October 7

3 min read

November 5, 2025 12:41

Reaching out: Sir Keir Starmer at the Community Security Trust (CST) in London last month (Photo by CARLOS JASSO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Blackshirts are back – this time round, though, the fascists are Islamofascists

The Tower Hamlets march was chilling as a more distilled version of the hate demonstrated on the national marches. Not just hate, but a programme and a cause: Islamist supremacy

3 min read

October 27, 2025 12:34

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

A solicitor was questioned for wearing a Star of David. The Met’s own words confirm it: the force now treats a Jewish symbol as potentially “antagonising.” Is it any wonder that open antisemitism is given its head on the streets of London?

3 min read

October 21, 2025 08:26

Villa Park Judenfrei: When UK police chose mob rule over the rule of law

The sway of community advisers over policing is among the most under-reported but dangerous trends – and helps explain police tolerance of Jew hate on our streets

3 min read

October 17, 2025 12:06

Maccabi supporters wave yellow flags next to Israeli flags during the UEFA Europa League football match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv at the Johan-Cruijff stadium, in Amsterdam on November 7, 2024. (Image: Getty)

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Stephen Pollard

Latest from Stephen Pollard

The BBC’s silence on Iran’s protests is a scandal

This was the toughest year in living memory for UK Jews … and there is no sign of things improving in 2026

Saudi Arabia deciding what’s a “normal country”? That’s comedy gold

New ‘Islamophobia’ definition will do nothing to stop hate crime and is fraught with danger

More from Stephen Pollard

Sydney terror deepens my doubts about the future of British Jews

Rachel Reeves: the Zionist minister in a Labour government turning on Israel

Israeli lives don’t count: what the celebrity crusade for Barghouti says about our ‘elites’

The Guardian, the BBC and the weaponisation of antisemitism against Nigel Farage

Rupa Huq blames a right-wing ‘cabal’ for the BBC’s left-wing bias scandal – naturally

The chutzpah of the self-styled Independent Muslim MPs

I disagree with Zack Polanski’s politics – but he’s right to reclaim his Jewish name

The BBC is sorry. Not

Jews are talking about leaving and Starmer must take some of the blame

The Blackshirts are back – this time round, though, the fascists are Islamofascists

When the police suggest being Jewish is a provocation

Villa Park Judenfrei: When UK police chose mob rule over the rule of law