After much delay, the trial began this week, on charges of incitement to racial hatred, of the much loved, ebullient and renowned nationalist organiser and speaker Jez Turner, or Jeremy Bedford-Turner, to give him his full name. This trial is the culmination of a great amount of effort exerted by various influential members of the Jewish community, particularly the so-called ‘Campaign Against Antisemitism’, who like most vexatious litigants, seem determined to perform an act of communally…

By Max Musson: My attention was caught recently by an article published on the Jewish Chronicle website entitled, “Police pledge to crack down on antisemitic graffiti“.  The article states, “Police are investigating an increase in antisemitic graffiti in Manchester.  “Since October there have been five incidents in Prestwich and Whitefield, areas in the north of the city that are home to large numbers of Jews.”  I wondered what kind of graffiti had been sprayed or…