AQEL TAQAZ looks warily at the implications of Western states’ proposed recognition of the Palestinian state

THE move by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to extend the low emissions zones out across the capital must be welcomed. It is the type of radical measure needed if endemic pollution, as well as climate change, are to be addressed.
The regret must be that while there do seem to be very real efforts being made to address the problems caused by motor vehicles, the same cannot be said for aircraft.
Above our heads, the skies simply fill with ever more planes. The City Airport capacity has expanded, with Heathrow on the verge of building another runway.

Labour councillor PAUL DONOVAN wonders why the right-wing party gets so much more media attention than it seems to merit

PAUL DONOVAN relishes the spectacle of a 1950s detective in pursuit of a 500-year-old murder mystery

From Gaza protest bans to proscribing Palestine Action, political elites are showing a crisis of confidence as they abandon Roy Jenkins’s apologetic approach for Suella Braverman’s aggressive ‘hate march’ rhetoric, writes PAUL DONOVAN

PAUL DONOVAN is fascinated by a deep dive into contemporary social crises, that examines how they are manipulated by elites