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Feb 2, 2022, 1:35 PM

How has Whoopi Goldberg managed to be almost right while being so entirely wrong?

Whoopi Goldberg. (Wikimedia Commons)

The trouble with racism is that it is very, very silly — but it is also serious. In the present day, it is why British people from a Gypsy, Roma or Traveller background are more likely to be poor and malnourished. It is why our...

Oct 30, 2020, 12:17 PM

Corbyn condemned himself with the mural

Infamous mural which Corbyn questioned as to whether it was antisemitic (Via Jewish News)

But tolerance for anti-Semitism in the UK Labour ranks has existed for decades: That's the real problem that needs to be addressed

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Stephen is Political Editor of the New Statesman, and is chair of the Board of Deputies Commission into Racial Inclusivity.