Alaa Abd El-FattahStarmer’s former director of strategy slams ‘Stakeholder State’ for prioritising release of activist who ‘called for killing of Zionists’Paul Ovenden claimed British-Egyptian Alaa Abd el-Fattah was ‘a cause célèbre beloved of Whitehall’s sturdy, clean-shirted diplomats and their scurrying auxiliaries’By Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
Downing StreetDowning Street defends appointment of former Columbia University chief who oversaw ‘ground zero for campus antisemitism’Baroness Shafik was accused of ‘failing to protect Jewish students’ during her tenure at the New York collegeBy Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Israel strikes IranUK did not help defend Israel from Iran, Downing Street confirmsForeign Office yet to announce plans to evacuate British civiliansBy Lorin Bell-Cross2 min read
David LammyDowning Street rejects David Lammy’s claim that Israel has breached international lawNo 10 spokesperson: ‘the government is not an international court’By Lorin Bell-Cross3 min read
Sir Keir StarmerStarmer hosts interfaith breakfast in Downing StreetThe Prime Minister highlighted the anchoring role faith played during the pandemicBy Lorin Bell-Cross1 min read
Gaza hostagesCommunity united at vigil outside Downing Street for the hostages six months on186 days after October 7, 133 hostages are still believed to be held by Hamas terrorists in GazaBy Daniel Ben-David4 min read
Israel Hamas War 2023Married couple arrested for daubing ‘bloody handprints’ on Downing Street gates in Israel-Hamas war protestThe couple said the Government had ‘blood on its hands’ for refusing to demand a ceasefire in Gaza,By Eliana Jordan1 min read