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Immigration has always been an excuse or accelerant for far-right terrorism. In the 1940s, the right-wing Jewish terrorist group the Irgun engaged in terrorist acts not out of xenophobia, but to ...

Andrew Adonis (What actually happens if we leave the ECHR?) acknowledges that the United Kingdom may well withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) even if the Conservatives or ...

This week, political analyst Ben Ansell joins Prospect’s Alona and Imaan to discuss the rise of ethnonationalism in British politics, and the popularisation of the term “white British”. Ben explains ...

“What’s it a picture of?” asked Theo, angry with himself that he had never heard of the painting and knew nothing of the artist. “An execution. One that’s about to happen, and the kneeling man with ...

Few former White House officials would find themselves listed in a terror watch file, but Stephen Miller is not just any official. Not that the Trump White House is a ...

The words left Gisèle Pelicot’s lips with disarming calm, yet in the Nîmes courtroom they struck like a gavel—an indictment of French justice itself. Behind her, rows of women—journalists, activists ...

Constance Higgins is a freelance journalist who has written for the Telegraph ...

The scene in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, on Thursday afternoon was one of nervous relief rather than joy. There had been too many false dawns for anyone to start unbridled celebrations. The giant ...

Polls before last week’s Labour conference showed the party in deep trouble. The first post-conference polls have brought no relief. Ministers are asking two questions (and if they aren’t, they should ...

Every generation has to find its own balance between politics and law. The realm of politics is about who has power and who does not. The realm of law is about one species of that power: the use of ...

In June 2024, I visited Israel for the first time since the 7th October Hamas attack and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) assault on Gaza that followed. Since then—at the earliest—I have been appalled, ...