'The intelligentsia ignored the irruption of religious fanaticism into domestic British politics. In the face of these foes of civilisation, silence is the worst form of cowardice'

'I was fond of my father's old friend Günter Grass. I'd like to think he knew better'

'The message is clear. The world can stop Iran getting nuclear weapons until the spring. After that, Israel might'

‘Europeans routinely repeat “Never Again!” but their commitment is not to prevent another Holocaust—it is rather to prevent war at all costs’