Melanie Phillips

The current maelstrom is about far more than judicial reform Open in app or onlineIsrael's post-democracy momentThe current maelstrom is about far more than judicial reformMelanie PhillipsMar 24SaveListenIsraeli demonstration, Tel Aviv; sign reads: Democracy doesnt end with elections.The political c

Is stagnation really the progressive option.Open in app or onlineGrowth and de-growth in the moral mazeIs stagnation really the progressive option.Melanie PhillipsMar 24SaveListenMichael Buerk, our intrepid leader through the mazeOn this weeks BBC Moral Maze, my colleagues and I discussed economic g

Everyone knows it was misconceived from the start.Might everyone be wrong.Open in app or onlineThe war in IraqEveryone knows it was misconceived from the start.Might everyone be wrong.Melanie PhillipsMar 23PreviewSaveUS Marines with Iraqi prisoners of war, March 21 2003An 11-episode podcast by the B

This betrayal of Brexit and Northern Ireland is to bypass a Commons vote Open in app or onlineThe double travesty of the Windsor FrameworkThis betrayal of Brexit and Northern Ireland is to bypass a Commons vote Melanie PhillipsMar 22SaveListenEuropean Commission president Ursula van der Leyen and UK

Is pacifism virtuous and admirable, or immoral and stupid.Open in app or onlineWar and peace in the moral mazeIs pacifism virtuous and admirable, or immoral and stupid.Melanie PhillipsMar 21SaveListenOn BBC Radios Moral Maze last week, we discussed pacifism.In the Budget, the Chancellor announced an

My handy ten-point guide Open in app or onlineReframing the Middle East narrativeMy handy ten-point guide Melanie PhillipsMar 21SaveListen2,700-year-old clay seal bulla excavated in Israel; thought to have belonged to the prophet Isaiah or an official of King HezekiahRecent observations I have made

Cognitive dissonance in America and Britain undermines their key Middle East asset Open in app or onlineIsraels two-faced alliesCognitive dissonance in America and Britain undermines their key Middle East assetMelanie PhillipsMar 17SaveListen #TeamUK in the Palestine MarathonAmerica and Britain clai

Failing to create an impossible new society, the joyless left are destroying the old one Open in app or online A world in ruinsFailing to create an impossible new society, the joyless left are destroying the old oneMelanie PhillipsMar 15PreviewSaveLast Moments of the Girondins; Karl von Piloty, 1880

As the west becomes alienated from democracy, Israels convulsions present terrifying dangers Open in app or onlineThe urgent need for Israeli electoral reformAs the west becomes alienated from democracy, Israels convulsions present terrifying dangersMelanie PhillipsMar 10SaveListenBanner at anti-gov

Nonsense about the "modern" nuclear family continues to be churned out Open in app or onlineThe lost Eden of primitive societies.Perhaps notNonsense about the "modern" nuclear family continues to be churned outMelanie PhillipsMar 10SaveListenThe.Kung people of the KalahariOne never ceases to marvel

Net Zero reflects the corruption of science and the unravelling of western reason Open in app or onlineSquishi Rishi has been hoodwinked by the fishyNet Zero reflects the corruption of science and the unravelling of western reasonMelanie PhillipsMar 6PreviewSaveEmperor penguins in AntarcticaFrom hav

Universalism has undermined it from both inside and out Open in app or onlineThe real threat to Israeli democracyUniversalism has undermined it from both inside and outMelanie PhillipsMar 3SaveListenIsraelis protest in Tel Aviv against judicial reformThe huge demonstrations that continue in Israel a

No wonder a doe-eyed EU Commission president swooned over him Open in app or onlineRishi Sunak's Brexit travestyNo wonder a doe-eyed EU Commission president swooned over himMelanie PhillipsMar 1SaveListenEuropean Commission president Ursula van der Leyen and UK prime minister Rishi SunakDid anyone r

Netanyahu must act to prevent his own Altalena moment Open in app or onlineAnother atrocity against Jews -- but revenge attacks are wrongNetanyahu must act to prevent his own Altalena momentMelanie PhillipsFeb 27PreviewSaveYesterday two Israeli Jewish brothers, Hillel and Yigal Yaniv aged 21 and 16,

The Biden administration crosses two ominous red lines over Israel Open in app or onlineA less than ironclad commitmentThe Biden administration crosses two ominous red lines over IsraelMelanie PhillipsFeb 24SaveListenUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuF

The launch of a new book about how lethal lies came to drive a murderous narrative Open in app or onlineWhy the whole world is indeed wrong about IsraelThe launch of a new book about how lethal lies came to drive a murderous narrative Melanie PhillipsFeb 23SaveListenFinal frame of France 2 transmitt

Misleading and hysterical reporting has ignited a dangerously incendiary atmosphere Open in app or onlineTiptoeing into Israel's judicial minefieldMisleading and hysterical reporting has ignited a dangerously incendiary atmosphereMelanie PhillipsFeb 23SaveListenDemonstration against judicial reform,

There's nothing progressive about barring a conservative Christian from office Open in app or onlineKate Forbes and the question of liberalismThere's nothing progressive about barring a conservative Christian from officeMelanie PhillipsFeb 22PreviewSaveKate Forbes MSPSometimes, counter-revolutions s

A new book is essential to understanding the lunacy over Israel and the global jihad Open in app or onlineCan the whole world be wrong.A new book is essential to understanding the lunacy over Israel and the global jihadMelanie PhillipsFeb 17SaveListenPalestinian Arab who helped lynch two Israeli res

The left hail it as equality and human rights.Others may regard it as a great evil Open in app or onlineThe paedophile societyThe left hail it as equality and human rights.Others may regard it as a great evilMelanie PhillipsFeb 15PreviewSaveAccording to research by the Childrens Commissioner for Eng

The government's Holocaust centre obsession rides roughshod over memory and law Open in app or onlineA monumental errorThe government's Holocaust centre obsession rides roughshod over memory and lawMelanie PhillipsFeb 12SaveListenThe proposed Holocaust memorial centre in WestminsterIts groundhog day

How Britain has failed to prevent Islamist radicalisation and protect its Jews Open in app or onlineThe dangerous perversity of counter-extremism How Britain has failed to prevent Islamist radicalisation and protect its JewsMelanie PhillipsFeb 10SaveListenWhile events in Israel continue to attract d

Is it intrinsically corrupting or the essence of well-being.Open in app or onlineMoney in the moral mazeIs it intrinsically corrupting or the essence of well-being.Melanie PhillipsFeb 10SaveListenMichael Buerk, our saintly team leader guiding us through the BBCs moral maze On BBC Radios Moral Maze t

Why is the technocrat in Number Ten promoting Net Zero lunacy.Open in app or onlineThe Department for the Extraction of Sunbeams from Cucumbers Why is the technocrat in Number Ten promoting Net Zero lunacy.Melanie PhillipsFeb 8PreviewSaveBroken wind turbine bladeBy common consensus, Britains prime m

As the age of reason skids off the road, diaspora Jews are rabbits in the headlights Open in app or onlineThe entrenchment of western Jew-hatredAs the age of reason skids off the road, diaspora Jews are rabbits in the headlightsMelanie PhillipsFeb 3SaveListenBurning the Israeli flag, London, 2021In