Recognition of a Palestinian state is now the position of almost all Western countries bar America. It is, of course, an entirely cynical position, designed to blame Israel and appease domestic opposition while rewarding Hamas for its uncompromising dedication to violence. In reality though Palestinians have never wanted a two-state solution – just the disappearance…

More on the Linehan arrest in the Sunday Times this morning: The decision to detain Linehan at Heathrow is understood to have been made by an officer below superintendent level and went no further up the Met chain of command. The arrest was enforced by aviation police at the airport who are routinely armed and,…

Graham Linehan's arrest was by no means a one-off. From the Telegraph – Retired police officer questioned after using trans woman’s male name: A retired police officer was visited by her former force over social media posts “deadnaming” a transgender activist, The Telegraph can reveal. Cathy Larkman, who served with South Wales Police for more…

David Charter in the Times sees JB Pritzker, the billionaire Illinois governor, as the Democrats' best hope against Trump. He's certainly smart, and seems to relish the verbal sparring with the president: President Trump has spent weeks bombarding Pritzker and Chicago, the biggest city in Illinois, with threats to send in the National Guard to…

Interview with Graham Linehan in the Times: In surprisingly positive spirits, Linehan said: “I’ve never felt better because I’ve exposed the way British police are working in tandem with trans activists. The police, after being called institutionally racist, have done this ridiculous over-compensation, which means that now they’re literally working for a sort of Al…

I noted the contradiction the other day between the Corbynite hard-left and the Islamists in the new "Your Party". Janice Turner in the Times today calls it the Crescent-Rainbow alliance: The left excuses conservative Muslims from observing secular norms in all areas but one. It’s not women’s rights: Afghanistan’s gender apartheid or Iran hanging feminists…

Proud graduates of UNRWA schools who, like their ideological descendants on Oct 7, implemented with glee what they were taught in these schools. https://t.co/Umxhw15Ada — Dr. Einat Wilf (@EinatWilf) September 5, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Great letter from Baroness Nicholson to the Met Police chief:

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More on the Lynsay Watson connection to the Linehan arrest, from the Telegraph: A disgraced transgender police officer is believed to have reported gender-critic Father Ted creator Graham Linehan to the police over his social media posts. Former Pc Lynsay Watson, who was born Alex Horwood, was sacked by Leicestershire Police for gross misconduct in…