Stephen Spencer Bond-Ryde

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Jan 25, 2017, 4:48 AM

Writing on the wall

This week is marked by Holocaust Memorial Day. We remember grievous moments of humanity at its worst. At the forefront, the slaughter of 6 million Jews in World War 2 which must never be forgotten. The film Denial, the trailer...

May 10, 2016, 7:01 AM

The Zionist Witch Hunt on the Left

Those pesky Jews...... sorry Israelis. They know how to make antisemitism work for them. Over the next few days you will see various posts and feedback from a meeting held in Birkbeck College, London. Here is the flier: I do attend...

May 4, 2016, 7:17 AM

Labour’s Islamophobia conspiracy theory

There is much confusion and concern regarding the ongoing scandal of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. We have watched in disbelief as Labour Party members have shown their darker side with outrageous bigotry directed at Jews. But have we...

Apr 29, 2016, 4:27 PM

Labour’s Haavara Master plan: Ethnic cleansing in the political landscape of the Left

Hopefully by the time you read this, it should refer to Ken Livingstone, ex-MP. The suspended and somewhat disgraced MP had done his research into the myth of antisemitism (which he says is NOT racism) in his beloved Party. He'd clicked on Wikipedia to...

Jan 22, 2016, 3:21 PM

Protecting Free Speech? Yachad think it depends who’s talking

Yachad’s leader, Hannah Weisfeld's backdrop to her Op-Ed in Haaretz was the awful events of King's College and the talk promoted by Yachad delivered by Ami Ayalon, where protest turned violent from student Palestinian supporters. However, she sees British Jews too shutting...

Nov 21, 2015, 10:32 AM

The Spanish Lesson

The queues outside the Palace of Westminster, The Houses of Parliament, were longer than usual. A five minute security check had become 35 minutes. And the presence of more armed police was also notable. The reverberations of the events of...

Mar 16, 2015, 2:34 PM

What’s in a name

There is a very simple problem with anti-Semitism in the UK and Europe. We don't know exactly what it is. What is a Semite anyway? And what does being anti-Semitic mean? A Semite could be defined as "someone who belongs...

Feb 15, 2015, 11:11 AM

The Day the Circus came to town

Last Thursday, 5th February the circus came to town. In this case the town was Finchley and the circus was that venerable BBC TV political panel debate programme, Question Time. Thursday nights in the Bond-Ryde household usually reverberate to the...

Dec 23, 2014, 12:51 PM

Stinging Criticism

Matthew Parris, a venerable writer in The Times and former Conservative MP, made the assertion in the aforementioned paper that we are all just a bit over anxious and losing perspective about the egregious attacks (in Australia, Pakistan and...

Dec 9, 2014, 8:53 AM

Flags of Convenience

It might be a small thing, it might be trivial. It probably was not even noticed by many of the millions of light entertainment viewers and sport fanatics around the world. But I observed three little images that made...

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About Me

Like many Jews in London, the intolerable bias against Israel and Jews at large drove Stephen to make his voice heard. As an Ordinary Londoner, people have taken notice and he has made a difference. He found his voice. He continues to speak out.