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From the Editor: Thank you to our readers and supporters

Basit Mahmood
23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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23 December, 2025 (5 days ago)

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An interview with new Israeli Labour leader Isaac Herzog

Toby Greene
5 February, 2014

The newly elected Israeli Labour leader Isaac Herzog sat down to discuss the Britain-Israel relationship with Toby Greene, the deputy editor of Fathom, and Richard Pater, head of BICOM in Israel.

UN demands Vatican take action on child abuse

David Christie
5 February, 2014

A UN human rights committee has published a scathing report denouncing the Vatican for its failure to take action against paedophile priests.

Boris breaks (another) election promise as 3,000 police officers are lost

James Bloodworth
5 February, 2014

The Met has lost over 3,000 police officers since May 2010, despite a promise by Boris Johnson to maintain police numbers “at or around 32,000”.

Obama’s record on surveillance is a black mark against his legacy

John Stephenson
5 February, 2014

Barack Obama’s approach to surveillance is now regarded as one of the primary issues facing campaigners for civil liberties.

The end of Christianity in the Middle East?

Ed Jacobs
5 February, 2014

Ed Jacobs reviews ‘The Silence of Our Friends’, by Catholic Herald deputy editor Ed West.

3 *actual* reasons people go on strike (as opposed to those invented by the press)

James Bloodworth
5 February, 2014

If you can’t get to work today, you could do worse than head down to a picket line and offer your support, or at least ask a trade unionist why they have decided to strike.

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4 February, 2014

Look Left, our daily political round up, will be going out shortly.

France: President Hollande caves in to right-wing hysteria on family law

Andrew Coates
4 February, 2014

France’s Socialist government has dropped plans to update family law after protests by conservative groups.

Osborne’s trumpeted ‘superior’ skills training programme doesn’t exist

James Bloodworth
4 February, 2014

Ministers admit George Osborne’s trumpeted “superior” skills training programme still hasn’t started .

Holyrood versus Whitehall on the Bedroom Tax

Ed Jacobs
4 February, 2014

The Scottish and UK governments are on a collision course over the bedroom tax.

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