David Tollerton

David Tollerton is a senior lecturer in Jewish Studies and Contemporary Religion at the University of Exeter and the incoming president of the British and Irish Association for Holocaust Studies

<p>There is a world of difference between credible debate and the position put forward by Diane Abbott</p>

Diane Abbott’s suggestion that Jews don’t experience racism is absurd

<p>The crucial historical comparison is not between degrees of victimhood, but between the motivations for keeping people out</p>

Is it ever okay to use Nazi Germany as a comparison?

<p>Many NHS staff were concerned that ‘clap for carers’ became superficial and politicised</p>

There’s a better way to mark the pandemic than praising ‘sacrifice’