Now they’ve set a standard that Nigel Farage of the Reform Party must meet. More on the proposal by Kemi Badenoch, the shadow prime minister, and by Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, can be found here: “‘Antisemitic migrants will be deported from UK,’ promises shadow home secretary,” by Mathilda Heller, Jerusalem Post, October 5, 2025: Antisemitic […]
Kemi Badenoch on the Murders in Manchester
Of all the comments British politicians have made on the murders of Jews at a synagogue in Manchester, the best to my mind is that of the Tory leader Kemi Badenoch. You can find her statement here: “Kemi Badenoch says ‘we need to dial down the rhetoric’ after synagogue attack,” by Sophie Wingate, Independent, October […]
Introducing Kemi Badenoch, the New Leader of the UK Conservatives
There was Margaret Thatcher. There was Winston Churchill. And now there is Kemi Badenoch, in the line of pro-Israel Conservative leaders. In the past, it was the Labour Party that gave more support to Israel, with such people as Richard Crossman and Prime Minister Harold Wilson. But no longer; now it is the Conservative Party […]
UK business ministers to meet with leading Islamic banks in quest to become global hotspot of Islamic finance
The UK shows promise in one area just as it sabotages itself in another. The latest: the Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade, Lord Johnson “will lead a series of roundtables with the world’s leading Islamic banks to map out a path for the UK achieving its goal of becoming a […]
UK: Tory leadership debate ignores immigration, crime and free speech
The most critical issues to the effective functioning of any democracy were ignored in the UK Tory leadership debate: immigration (which drove Brexit), the freedom of speech (the cornerstone of democracy) and the rule of law. Economics and international engagement were the central focuses, and were subject to heated argument. These are indeed important issues, […]