Giles Fraser

You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me. Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true. Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response. I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth. The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts. I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse. So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.

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Amendment: "Globalize the Intifada" means "It's too difficult and dangerous to kill Jews powerfully protected by Israel's defense forces, so let's try kill them instead where they are half-heartedly protected by unsympathetic governments and weak police."

@JamesChiavarini I love you mate!

If there are any Jewish (or non for that matter) guests in the neighborhood and you're understandably hesitant about leaving your front door at night, then please message me. I will arrange something to to be delivered to you. My DMs are open. Peace and solidarity always 🙏

I'm (briefly) back on here to say something important. I have two restaurants in Kensington. The Israeli embassy is at the top of the road. /1

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The Liberal Democrats have admitted to unlawful religious discrimination against David Campanale, an Anglican layman who was deselected as a prospective parliamentary candidate for the party more than two years ago churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…

Canon Sydney Smith: it reads: “One of the best of men. His talents, though admitted by contemporaries to be great, were surpassed by his unostentatious benevolence, his fearless love of truth, and his endeavour to promote happiness .. by religious toleration & rational freedom.”

Sunday afternoon teas at St Anne’s, Kew, begins this Sunday.

“The lamb bhuna looks nice.”

As attacks on Jewish targets becomes a campaign, @KemiBadenoch as always cuts through and states the real situation. This has to stop before something terrible happens here. @NickFerrariLBC also the pundit who specializes in clear informed news asks where and why is the anger…

Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, tells us that Pete Hegseth’s language is ‘diabolical’ and says ‘there is something demonic’ about American political culture at the moment …

Catholics saying “Not my Pope” = Protestantism.

To the America first Christians: “the first will be last and the last first”.

@Sorley___ @CateMLaw Of course it was.

@giles_fraser @CateMLaw Your post was not about Trump. And you have no idea how Trump stands in relation to God anyway.

Those who have been cosplaying Christianity for electoral purposes are beginning to find out about the Gospel. Thank you, Holy Father.

@Sorley___ @CateMLaw No need to make a window when they say shit like Trump does.

@giles_fraser @CateMLaw "You have been cosplaying Christianity" is not an attack on a man's theology, it is an attack on his status as a Christian. You cannot make windows into men's souls and you ought not to dare to try. And stop dissembling.

@Sorley___ @CateMLaw No im not. Im attacking their theology

@CateMLaw @giles_fraser He is attacking professing Christians whose politics he dislikes, and his attack takes the form of the religious bigot down the ages - i.e., he alleges that their faith is fake and that they are not real Christians. And he cloaks his political attack in "the Gospel".

Church in Wales approves blessings of same-sex marriages bbc.in/4cveiTJ

Norway is reversing its mistaken 2016 decision to give every student an iPad, which damaged education immediately. Many countries are going back to books and handwriting. I hope many American schools will go back to analog next September, and let's see if that works for us too: