This week, Israel is marking the 50th anniversary of its improbable victory over Arab assassins. Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser saw annihilation of the Jewish state as a uniting mission for his project of pan-Arab nationalism and had declared: ‘Our path to Palestine will be covered with blood.’ In June 1967, he enlisted Syria and JordanContinueContinue reading “When will the Six-Day War finally end?”
Monthly Archives: June 2017
In this fight, victory will come from our best weapons: British stoicism and decency
Even at times of panic and disaster, we cannot help but be British. Scenes of horror flooded our TVs this weekend but the clip that will stick with me is Richard Angell, a Labour campaigner who assured a BBC reporter: ‘If me having a gin & tonic with my friends, flirting with handsome men, hangingContinueContinue reading “In this fight, victory will come from our best weapons: British stoicism and decency”
Jeremy Corbyn has just given the best speech of the election campaign
Campaigning starts again tomorrow, but in his speech in Carlisle today Jeremy Corbyn made what is – for any Labour leader – a fairly obvious point: You cannot protect the public on the cheap. The police and security services must get the resources they need not 20,000 police cuts. Theresa May was warned by the PoliceContinueContinue reading “Jeremy Corbyn has just given the best speech of the election campaign”
Rebel with a cause
Ruth Davidson is not an obvious choice to lead a revolution. But out there in the country, from the family farms of the Borders to the fishing enclaves of the North East, from central belt suburbs to the rolling hills of Perthshire, a rebellion is brewing — and Miss Davidson finds herself its de factoContinueContinue reading “Rebel with a cause”
Stephen Daisley 