Stephen Pollard

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

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Civil service

Revealed: Civil service ‘diversity tsar’ campaigned for Galloway

Mohammed Shafiq gave speech alongside Gaza George ahead of by-election

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Revealed: Civil service ‘diversity tsar’ campaigned for Galloway

A picture taken on November 27, 2023 shows a heavily damaged UNWRA school after Israeli strikes in the village of Khuzaa, near Abasan east of Khan Yunis near the border fence between Israel and the southern Gaza Strip (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP) (Photo by SAID KHATIB/AFP via Getty Images)

UN has been captured by enemies of democracy

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Historian William Dalrymple is speaking at a session during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on February 3, 2024. (Photo by Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto)

The curious case of ahistorical historian William Dalrymple

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators wave Palestinian flags and hold placards as they protest in Parliament Square in London on February 21, 2024, during an Opposition Day motion in the the House of Commons calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Speaker’s capitulation to the ‘Free Palestine’ mob is a dark day for democracy

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The best moments from the last 20 years of Curb Your Enthusiasm

As the show returns for its final season, Stephen Pollard picks his favourite episodes from the last 12 series of the most Jewish of all TV comedies

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February 2, 2024 16:06

The best moments from the last 20 years of Curb Your Enthusiasm

How TikTok is turning young minds against Israel and the West

Older people have little conception of the influence of the platform – and through it the toxic Chinese Communist Party – on a younger generation

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February 1, 2024 11:09

How TikTok is turning young minds against Israel and the West

Is there a more gifted composer than Thomas Ades?

From intimate chamber to large scale opera and concertos, this composer has the rare ability to make contemporary music acclaimed by critics and audiences alike

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January 26, 2024 12:26

The Israel haters should learn from Thomas Hand’s moral clarity

His remarkable interview with Piers Morgan is compelling viewing

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January 16, 2024 13:32

Thomas Hand at a press conference at the Israeli embassy in London on 20 November 20, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

Intellectual titan Gary Lineker’s latest endorsement is his worst yet

His repost of a BDS call makes his presence on the screens an affront to anyone who does not endorse Jew hate

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January 15, 2024 11:20

Milton Friedman – the last conservative?

A new biography of the great economist and public intellectual is also a masterly account of post-War US history

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January 11, 2024 11:57

Milton Friedman – the last conservative?

Pilger gave us the word to describe how the BBC distorts its coverage of Jews

With John Pilger’s passing, the verb coined after him should be updated to reflect the BBC’s obvious bias

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January 4, 2024 15:51

It was year of jaw-dropping events – and then came October 7

Israel is now more united than it has been for many years

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December 28, 2023 13:36

David Cameron, the new UK foreign secretary and former prime minister, views a home destroyed in last month's Hamas attack on November 23, 2023 at kibbutz Be'eri, Israel (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

On Israel, Labour’s core left is a million miles from Starmer

MPs like Kim Johnson — who has claimed without evidence that ‘children are being criminalised for wearing a Palestinian scarf’ — actually represent the default left position

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December 28, 2023 10:55