Semper Veritas
London, England
Joined February 2013
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The liberal consensus is cohered around an outdated paradigm of anti-racism, anti-fascism. It doesn't know how to deal with intolerance, religious fundamentalism and sectarianism which are the real challenges to societal cohesion today. We're in a spiral with a clueless elite.
Michael Hallihane retweeted
Is this the end of Netanyahu?
My essay for @unherd on the existential question this projected hung Knesset is asking of the Israeli opposition: what kind of democracy is Israel?
Every Israeli has woken up knowing the existential question this projected hung Knesset, with Arab parties as kingmakers, is asking of them: what kind of democracy is Israel? But one thing is clear. This election was a referendum on Netanyahu himself, and he seems to have lost that poll. It looks like the Bibi bloc has collapsed from a 68-seat majority in the last Knesset, to a minority this morning. Early numbers suggest most Israeli voters have rejected him and his allies. We will have to wait until Thursday for final results, and these may well prove slightly different.
Read @b_judah on the Israeli elections:
buff.ly/zdrQGVL
Michael Hallihane retweeted
On paper Netanyahu has gone down to a crushing defeat
But, absurdly, he is still in power this morning because the opposition refuse to ally with Arab-Israeli politicians
Piece from me on playing the far-right’s game
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Michael Hallihane retweeted
My colleagues at @nytimes have put together a great visual explainer of the different potential outcomes of today's Israeli election, which will be updated as results come in. If you are following, recommend reading and keeping open in a tab: nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
Good.
Gift/
Burnham: We will not pay slavery reparations
telegraph.co.uk/gift/1600999…
Michael Hallihane retweeted
In all the reporting I’ve done in Arab communities during the campaign the same sentiment came up - “this time the turnout will be much higher because of Bibi and Ben-Gvir’s racist policies” - will be an incredible irony if their legacy is greater Arab participation
Michael Hallihane retweeted
A must read @BHL
#France "seems to be on the front line of a phenomenon now spreading across Europe, and perhaps throughout the entire West: an explosion of nihilism... a social movement that seeks not to bring about one kind of society or another but, instead, no society at all.”
The violent protests are “not directed against this or that injustice, but against the very idea of justice—a revolt not against this or that government, but against the very idea of an organized society.”
@OurFightUk @danielbenami
1/2
wsj.com/opinion/france-on-th…
Good article on what's at stake for Israel in tomorrow's election. A lot of commentary focuses on Gaza and the West Bank or Iran and geopolitics. But what of Israel itself? Israeli society, Israeli democracy? And the divisive politics since October 7th?
spiked-online.com/2026/10/26…
Michael Hallihane retweeted
Spot on.
The idea that young people would sign-up to fight a war for this bleak globalist dump that used to be Britain is laughable. They've been utterly betrayed, and they've no intention of being blown to bits to further enrich a demonic rabble of investment bankers, arms manufacturers and energy corporation scum.
Michael Hallihane retweeted
The Conservative Party can absolutely keep Miriam Cates, she is all that is wrong with that party.
Why should a pensioner on a £13K income be exempt from income tax when a person of working age is not? Those of working age do not receive free travel or all sorts of other discounts to which pensioners are entitled. We do not exempt people from tax based on how many dependents they have, or how much housing in their area costs, so why exempt individuals based on age?
Michael Hallihane retweeted
The opening paragraph to AJP Taylor's "The Course of German History" remains my absolute favourite start to a history book. Nobody's ever hit this hard right off the bat before
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I asked Labour MP Dawn Butler why she's demanding my constituents pay more tax to fund "reparations".
She wouldn't answer, but called me a "racist" in the Commons.
It's not right to make people pay "reparations" when they've done nothing wrong. Name-calling doesn't change that.
Michael Hallihane retweeted
It's a sign of how the debate has moved on that uncomfortable truths like this can be addressed in the Economist
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Given cyclists in London now treat even the pavements as cycle lanes this was entirely predictable
Anyone who promises to sort out this — plus the scourge of people blaring phones out loud — gets my vote
These tossers have been indulged for too long
Cyclists are continuing to ride along the newly pedestrianised section of Oxford Street, despite being asked to dismount.
Around seven security staff have been stationed near Oxford Circus, calling out to cyclists to get off their bikes, with mixed success.
More on this story ➡️ bbc.in/3W32bbT
#OxfordStreet #London #Cycling #Pedestrianisation
Michael Hallihane retweeted
It's easy to talk bravely when you know you won't be the one added to the meat grinder.
‘I am utterly DISGUSTED by your rampant, pathetic cowardice.’
Former Metropolitan Police detective Peter Bleksley BLASTS @alexarmstrong after he suggested he wouldn’t fight for his country.
Michael Hallihane retweeted
Two things I recommend reading/listening to on the French situation are an article by Julian Jackson and the podcast with @murielzagha. Interesting and informed perspectives on France. You can find both here engelsbergideas.com/
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“thought-provoking” (Robert Tombs)
“fun and challenging” (Paul Embery)
"both exhilarating and a little horrifying" (Evan Davis)
Now it’s Theodore Dalrymple turn at the Bookshop Barnie, discussing "An Englishman’s Home Is His Car Park"
4 Nov, 7pm. ONLINE
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Michael Hallihane retweeted
British MP is confused over which country she represents
1 in 20 people in Bangladesh live in extreme poverty, facing multifaceted challenges from rising living costs to the climate crisis and more.
In Sylhet, the APPG on Bangladesh met former tea garden workers in the minority Urang community, to learn more about them and @BRACworld’s Ultra Poor Graduation approach.
Since 2002, this approach offers a time-bound pathway to agency, dignity and control over resources, for those in poverty so entrenched that they would not benefit from micro finance.
A trial by the LSE found 95% of participants continued to improve their living standards when measured 11 years after interventions ended.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Apsara Begum is a UK MP. Due to the huge amounts of post about issues in Bangladesh it is important that her constituents realise she is supposed to be representing them.
theyworkforyou.com/mp/25914/apsan…
Michael Hallihane retweeted
RIP Geoffrey Chaucer, whose poetry was a great source of pleasure & inspiration to me during the recent plague years…
Today is the anniversary of the death of Geoffrey Chaucer, the father of English poetry… 📜✨
Historian @holland_tom uncovers the impact of the Black Death on Chaucer’s life, and how it influenced The Canterbury Tales...
Watch lecture: gres.hm/pilgrimages-holland
@TheRestHistory