Attacks on Jews are an indictment of Keir Starmer's Britain

"It makes me furious," says New Statesman editor Tom McTague.

An attack in Golders Green, London, yet again exposes the rise of antisemitism in Britain. Anoosh Chakelian has been reporting from the borough, where local Jews fear for their safety, volunteer security guards patrol the streets and Jewish children have to pass through heavy security cordons to get to school. She tells editor Tom McTague about what she found.

Meanwhile, the rise of anti-Jewish hate is putting more pressure on a government still mired in the Peter Mandelson scandal. The Prime Minister has become deeply unpopular, the Iran War continues, and local elections loom.

Westminster has concluded Keir Starmer has two options: fight or flight. The New Statesman's political editor, Ailbhe Rea, says the Prime Minister has made a decision and raised his fists.

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Terror in Golders Green, by Anoosh Chakelian

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2026/04/terror-in-suburbia

We are under attack, by Rachel Cunliffe

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/society/2026/04/we-are-under-attack

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