Stephen Pollard

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

Latest from Stephen Pollard

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

Instead of arresting them we appease them – and so the threat grows

3 min read

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 best moments from the last 20 years of Curb Your Enthusiasm

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How TikTok is turning young minds against Israel and the West

6 min read

Is there a more gifted composer than Thomas Ades?

1 min read

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

His remarkable interview with Piers Morgan is compelling viewing

3 min read

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

4 min read

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

3 min read

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

3 min read

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

5 min read

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

4 min read

December 28, 2023 10:55

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

Congressional hearings were academia’s Big Tobacco moment

Universities’ embrace of antisemitism now stands exposed

4 min read

December 14, 2023 12:16

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci opera review: A rare evening where everything works

There are all sorts of Christmas productions on in the West End but you will not do better than this

2 min read

December 8, 2023 16:21

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci opera review: A rare evening where everything works

Yesterday’s congressional committee exposed the antisemitic rot that has infected elite academia

Not one of the university presidents could say that calling for the genocide of Jews amounted to harassment

3 min read

December 6, 2023 11:38

Yesterday’s congressional committee exposed the antisemitic rot that has infected elite academia

The Israel reporting we have seen on TV is far worse than Gary Lineker’s tweets

There have been few more appalling examples than Sky News’ International Affairs Editor, Dominic Waghorn

3 min read

November 30, 2023 14:44

The Israel reporting we have seen on TV is far worse than Gary Lineker’s tweets

In this festival of hate, our allies shine like the stars (thank you, Alison Moyet)

Words of support, such as the ones from the singer, are received with something close to joy

4 min read

November 23, 2023 12:35

In this festival of hate, our allies shine like the stars (thank you, Alison Moyet)

I thought we had reached peak Gary Lineker. I was wrong

The football pundit seems obsessed with displaying his universe-bending ignorance

3 min read

November 21, 2023 18:38

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 14: Gary Lineker speaks during a pro-remain a rally rejecting the the Prime Minister's Brexit deal on November 14, 2018 in London, England. Anti-Brexit groups 'Best for Britain' and 'The People's Vote Campaign' are holding a joint rally tonight to call on MPs to say they are not buying the Prime Minister's Brexit deal. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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Stephen Pollard

Latest from Stephen Pollard

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

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

How TikTok is turning young minds against Israel and the West

Is there a more gifted composer than Thomas Ades?

More from Stephen Pollard

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

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

Milton Friedman – the last conservative?

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

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

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

Congressional hearings were academia’s Big Tobacco moment

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci opera review: A rare evening where everything works

Yesterday’s congressional committee exposed the antisemitic rot that has infected elite academia

The Israel reporting we have seen on TV is far worse than Gary Lineker’s tweets

In this festival of hate, our allies shine like the stars (thank you, Alison Moyet)

I thought we had reached peak Gary Lineker. I was wrong