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Jake Wallis Simons

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Anti-Semitism / Is it still possible to be a Jewish Green party supporter?

Is it possible to belong to the Green party and be – ahem – Jewish? (Sorry, it feels like a dirty word these days.) I only ask because members...

04.10.2026 20

The Spectator

Jake Wallis Simons

Anti-Semitism / Is it still possible to be a Jewish Green party supporter?

Is it possible to belong to the Green party and be – ahem – Jewish? (Sorry, it feels like a dirty word these days.) I only ask because members...

04.10.2026 20

The Spectator

Jake Wallis Simons

Is it still possible to be a Jewish Green party supporter?

Is it possible to belong to the Green party and be – ahem – Jewish? (Sorry, it feels like a dirty word these days.) I only ask because members...

03.10.2026 30

The Spectator

Jake Wallis Simons

In defence of doorstepping

I’ve knocked more doors in my time than I can count. When I was a reporter on the road, I knocked hundreds of doors both in the UK and overseas....

08.07.2026 20

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Jake Wallis Simons

Face of a state? / Itamar Ben-Gvir is the Tommy Robinson of Israel

On the fringes of his Unite the Kingdom rally last Saturday, Tommy Robinson was asked what he would change if he became prime minister tomorrow. “I...

24.05.2026 40

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Jake Wallis Simons

Itamar Ben-Gvir is the Tommy Robinson of Israel

On the fringes of his Unite the Kingdom rally last Saturday, Tommy Robinson was asked what he would change if he became prime minister tomorrow. “I...

24.05.2026 30

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Jake Wallis Simons

The New York Times’s hatred of Israel has blinded it to reality

So Israel is suing the New York Times. Not before time, if you ask me. Particularly since October 7 – the sexual depravities of which were...

15.05.2026 30

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Jake Wallis Simons