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Ed Moss

Former journalist, now a grumpy old man

Nov 10, 2026, 6:53 PM

To British member of parliament, Zarah Sultana

Some of you may be familiar with British Member of Parliament (MP) Zarah Sultana, elected to represent Coventry South in England, a constituency facing serious socioeconomic challenges, including housing pressures, fuel poverty, inequality, and severe constraints on local government...

Nov 7, 2026, 5:10 PM

Some British MPs and councillors have a fixation unrelated to local issues

A typical inflammatory and untrue tweet from Coventry South (UK) member of Parliament, Zarah Sultana, for which she was not censured for

Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, recently warned that the Government risked adding “the stain of the climate crisis” to its political record "alongside its handling of Gaza". It's as if he, among many political representatives, is using...

Nov 4, 2026, 2:34 PM

The BBC’s continued unique and partisan interpretation of impartiality

The partisan attitude of the BBC, the UK's national broadcaster, is becoming a very bad joke. I recently complained about Dale Vince wearing an enormous keffiyeh during Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 25 October 2026. The BBC's very poor...

Oct 29, 2026, 3:14 PM

Misappropriation and supporting very dubious causes

A screenshot of the Preston, UK, Council tweet

There is a difference between supporting a humanitarian cause and endorsing the methods, organisations or symbolism employed in its name. Good intentions, however sincerely held, do not automatically excuse poor judgement, inappropriate actions or a failure to consider the...

Oct 11, 2026, 5:27 PM

When advocacy, rudeness and a lack of facts replaces evidence

There is nothing whatsoever wrong with being a passionate advocate for a political cause. There is, however, something very wrong with treating passion as a substitute for evidence, repetition of common derogatory tropes as a substitute for proof, and...

Oct 6, 2026, 1:12 AM

Since when did Jesus suddenly become a Palestinian?

I am not a religious man. Indeed, I am probably about as qualified to deliver a sermon as a sheep is to conduct an orchestra. But one doesn't have to be a theologian to recognise when history is being...

Sep 29, 2026, 4:52 PM

Are British MPs’ social-media activities helping fuel antisemitism in Britain?

At what point does legitimate political campaigning become something more consequential? That is a question Britain urgently needs to ask about the extraordinary social-media output of some Members of the UK Parliament whose public campaigning appears to be overwhelmingly concentrated...

Sep 26, 2026, 12:29 PM

Greta Thunberg. From climate icon to career activist

Some of the word causes Greta Thunberg seems to purposefully ignore. AI image generated with the author's prompting

Has Greta Thunberg now outgrown her own core cause? Greta Thunberg built up her global following on one single claim of expertise. The environment. She claimed that the science of climate change was clear and all world leaders were not...

Sep 22, 2026, 7:45 PM

The twisted call for the destruction of only Israel by the British Green Party

Screenshot from the UK Times and Sunday Times X account earlier in 2026

"Zionism is Racism". Really? So where does Hamas fit in, a proscribed terrorist group in charge of Gaza that wants not only to murder the Jews of Israel, but also Jews worldwide? Are they all sweet and light? Or...

Sep 17, 2026, 4:40 AM

‘Walk-and-Talk’ geopolitics and travel vloggers distorting complex conflicts

Over the years, we have witnessed a subtle, yet in reality, dramatic, shift in how millions of viewers consume news about foreign conflicts. Alongside traditional news broadcasts and official statements, social media feeds are now populated by solo content...

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Edward Moss is a retired journalist and a volunteer Israel and anti-antisemitism advocate living in the North West of England. He was editor of UK Ports Magazine prior to his retirement and has edited several business magazines during his career.

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