“You’re Islamophobic.” “No, I’m not.” “You’re a fan of Tommy Robinson.” “No, I’m not.” “You’re unfair on the Church of England.” “No, I’m not.” A pleasure to chat to @edvaizey on @TimesRadio about my new book, 'Never Again? How the West Betrayed the Jews and Itself', today.

Painted into a corner by his own incompetence, Donald Trump has left himself so desperate for a deal that he can no longer afford to acknowledge the truth. In his first term, he pulled out of Barack Obama’s nuclear agreement, which had given the enemy an infusion of billions of dollars of sanctions relief. Deprived of cash, many of Tehran’s proxies began to wither on the vine. Fast-forward to this week, and it emerged that the United Arab Emirates – the country that has suffered most from Iranian bombardment – had agreed to funnel up to $20bn into the regime’s coffers, with $3bn released already. That’s more than Britain’s Defence Investment Plan. What will Tehran use the money for? And who has the upper hand here? My @Telegraph column today telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…

The threat from radical Islam is not just terrorism. Islamists seek to subvert our society and our democracy. But what we have is worth defending. We have to fight back.

If only it would!

The deal taking shape with Iran is significantly worse than the JCPOA. I don't say that lightly. Here is why: 1) The JCPOA was one comprehensive, binding agreement. This is a two-stage interim framework. End the war now, then 60 days of nuclear talks. We are trading hard limits for a promise to keep talking. 2) Missiles and proxies are gone. The leaked 14-point MOU (Mehr, IRNA) keeps Iran's missile program and its support for Hezbollah off the agenda entirely. The standing critique of the JCPOA was that it left those out. This deal does the same and calls it progress. 3) No handover of enriched uranium. Under the JCPOA Iran shipped almost its entire stockpile out of the country. Here Iran keeps roughly 400 kg of 60% material. Its fate is punted into the 60-day window. That is a moratorium, not a rollback. 4) The enrichment pause is unsettled. Trump wants 20 years. Iran floated 5 (CNN). The JCPOA locked in 15 years of caps with IAEA cameras and 24-day inspection access. We have none of that on paper yet. 5) We pay up front. Oil sanctions lifted. Around $24 to $25 billion in frozen assets released, part of it immediately. Reconstruction figures up to $300 billion floated in Iranian press. In return Iran gives an interim ceasefire and a promise. 6) Hormuz reopens on Iran's terms. Araghchi says the strait will not return to how it ran before the war. Service fees, Iranian arrangements. This war handed Iran more leverage over the strait, not less. We went to war and may walk away with less than Obama got in 2015. Caveat: these terms come from leaks and Iranian media. Nothing is signed. But if it signs as described, it is the weaker deal.

If @mehdirhasan actually watched the clip “is Islam the problem”, he’d have found out that my answer was a resounding no!

Oh I just saw this. Ha.

Nope. Because there’s no genocide in Gaza, there never has been, and you are a shameless liar.

Just so you know who this man is, @ZackPolanski believes that someone smashing a sledgehammer into a police woman's back is legitimate and justifiable "direct action". When people tell you who they are, believe them.

One of the thousands of Iranians who told you - including myself - that the frozen bodies of protesters would be used by the regime for gain. The reality is far worse than imagined and even now the truth being downplayed and spun. Well explained @PersianRednek

But “resistance is justified” amirite?

“Dishonest” he says

Truth.

Clouds and coconuts and bears

Miaow. And also, strikes me as libellous?

A juror — a JUROR — in the Palestine Action case is now speaking at a rally in their support. 😵‍💫 This is the collapse of the apparatus of our freedoms. What is Britain becoming?

Gideon Levy. Just when you thought he couldn’t sink any lower! The new Theobald of Cambridge

Snake oil? Anyone?

This is just untrue. But it will go down well with your fanatically bigoted supporters and that’s what counts I guess.

Not sure how you can look at yourself in the mirror?

A metaphor for this government.