Defend Academic Freedom, Defend David MillerThis is thetranscript of a speech I gave to the above online meeting with Tom Mills, Tariq Modood, Lindsey German and Harriet Bradley.Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021
End of the road?A controversial decision by OFCOM over BBC standards has been tested in the High Court, and failedJul 21, 20203Jul 21, 20203
Corbyn and antisemitism:Will any brave journalist souls admit they got the story wrong?Apr 24, 20202Apr 24, 20202
Dear JeremyAs your remarkable leadership of the Labour Party draws to a close, few things seem certain about the perilous future that awaits us all…Mar 30, 20205Mar 30, 20205
The magic of BrexitIt’s a historical truism that seemingly momentous political, social and technological shifts are always greeted with a mix of hysteria and…Jan 31, 20201Jan 31, 20201
Labour and antisemitism: a final wordThe first casualty of a polarised society is tolerance. Brexiteers lambast remainers for being stooges of a Brussels-Westminster elite…Feb 22, 201912Feb 22, 201912
Statement by academics on research published by Media Reform Coalition on media coverage of…We have reviewed the Media Reform Coalition’s analysis of the mainstream reporting of antisemitism in the Labour Party. We are writing as…Oct 15, 2018Oct 15, 2018
Labour, antisemitism and the news: A response to criticsLast week the Media Reform Coalition published research which found systematic patterns of inaccurate and misleading coverage in relation…Oct 5, 2018Oct 5, 2018
It’s not racist to call the Israeli state a racist endeavour — it’s just not quite accurate.We are consumed by the politics of outrage. Anti-racists are called the new racists, feminists the new oppressors, and transgender females…Aug 31, 20181Aug 31, 20181
Anti-Jewish hatred is becoming normalised on the right, and Corbyn’s critics are turning a blind…For some time now — and before the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party — right wing forces in British politics and…Aug 10, 2018Aug 10, 2018