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Jawad Iqbal

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Special protection for Islam will only encourage racists

wednesday 4

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

Did Keir Starmer’s voice coach really count as a Covid ‘key worker’?

Did Keir Starmer’s voice coach really count as a Covid ‘key worker’?
03.02.2025 20

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

We’ve become a nation of shoplifters — it’s got to stop

31.01.2025 10

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

Special relationship? / Will Donald Trump be fooled by Peter Mandelson’s volte-face?

Special relationship? / Will Donald Trump be fooled by Peter Mandelson’s volte-face?
29.01.2025 7

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Labour pains / The hypocrisy of Ed Miliband’s vanity photographer

Labour pains / The hypocrisy of Ed Miliband’s vanity photographer
28.01.2025 40

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Rayner owes Farage an apology over Southport attack

24.01.2025 1

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

The reinvention of Rishi Sunak

The reinvention of Rishi Sunak
23.01.2025 9

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Southport attack / Is Starmer right about the ‘new’ terror threat?

Southport attack / Is Starmer right about the ‘new’ terror threat?
22.01.2025 20

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Britain should give Hong Kong teen a passport now

22.01.2025 3

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

Labour’s grooming gang inquiry mess

Labour’s grooming gang inquiry mess
17.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Running a football club is none of the state’s business

16.01.2025 2

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

Debt-laden council should ditch green goals for the basics

19.12.2024 7

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

Judges in case of Sara Sharif have no right to anonymity

17.12.2024 3

The Times

Jawad Iqbal

We’ll learn nothing from the murder of Sara Sharif

What exactly do the authorities hope to learn that they do not already know from the safeguarding review now underway into the violent death of 10-...

14.12.2024 10

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

The Saudi Arabia 2034 World Cup is a new low for Fifa

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host country for the 2034 World Cup tournament. It has been an open secret for some time that the Saudis...

11.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Syria’s nightmare isn’t over yet

Trying to predict what comes next in Syria after the toppling of dictator Bashar al-Assad is a fool’s errand. It is hard not to be moved by the...

10.12.2024 10

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

The problem with the FA’s rainbow laces furore

The suits who run football in this country can always be relied upon to make a pig’s ear of things. The latest example of their capacity to cock up...

03.12.2024 3

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Starmer can’t afford to lose the argument on slavery reparations

The Commonwealth – whose 56 nations are meeting in the Pacific island nation of Samoa – looks set to defy Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer by...

24.10.2024 2

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

The mystery of the missing Sue Gray

What has become of Sue Gray, the Prime Minister’s former Downing Street chief of staff, who was rather unceremoniously removed from her official...

23.10.2024 2

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Hamish Falconer and the trouble with Labour’s ‘Red Princes’

The appearance on our television screens of one Hamish Falconer, the newly-elected Labour MP for Lincoln, tells us much more about Keir Starmer’s...

08.10.2024 7

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Simon Case’s departure is an opportunity for Starmer

Simon Case, the Cabinet Secretary, has finally put an end to Whitehall’s worst-kept secret by formally announcing that he will quit at the end of...

30.09.2024 1

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Why is Sadiq Khan trying to restart his fight with Donald Trump?

London mayor Sadiq Khan, whose official day job is running the capital, is in New York this week, where he has denounced Donald Trump and urged...

25.09.2024 2

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

When will the families of Lucy Letby’s victims be allowed to move on?

When Lucy Letby was convicted last year of murdering seven infants and attempting to kill seven others it seemed that the parents of her victims...

11.09.2024 3

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Attack / How fake news thrived in the aftermath of the Southport stabbings

It has fallen to Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation, to say the obvious in pointing out that the recent riots...

09.09.2024 1

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Starmer’s riot troubles aren’t over yet

Sir Keir Starmer is turning out to be something of a lucky general. The Prime Minister appears to have passed his first big test in government by...

10.08.2024 2

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Starmer has to act tough over riots chaos

Hundreds of angry protestors have attacked a hotel in South Yorkshire that has been used to house migrants and asylum seekers. Videos posted on...

04.08.2024 1

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal

Boxing mismatch shows Olympic officials need to get a grip

The hugely controversial Olympic boxing bout between Italian Angela Carini and her opponent Imane Khelif from Algeria lasted just 46 seconds. After...

01.08.2024 30

The Spectator

Jawad Iqbal