Robert Philpot
Robert Philpot is the Contributing Editor for Progress Online. He also writes regularly on politics and history for Jewish Chronicle.
Will Biden’s Jewish chief of staff pay the price for his plummeting poll numbers?
'Prime Minister Klain' is feeling the heat over his ties to the Democrat left
The forgotten Tory MP praised by Weizmann as a ‘precious friend’
Victor Cazelet was hailed by the Jewish leader for his embrace of Zionism and warnings of the dangers posed by Nazi regime
The populist US priest who set up an antisemitic militia
In one poll Father Charles Coughlin was found to be the second most powerful and popular man after President Roosevelt
Jewish voters dump ‘Squad’ wannabe
Moderate Democrat wins primary
Meet the new phenomenon in US politics — the Biden Republicans
“Biden Republicans”, Stan Greenberg argues, helped to deliver the president’s victory last November
Far-right poster boy fighting fake news
On YouTube, Caolan Robertson frequently found himself recommending right-wing “alternative media” videos
Where now for the Never Trumpers?
Predominantly Jewish conservatives may have helped contribute to the 8 million conservatives who voted for Joe Biden in the November election
Communist who laid the ground for Thatcher’s revolution
The Iron Lady's third man, Sir Alfred Sherman, was a Jewish working-class former communist from London’s East End who had fought in the Spanish Civil War
The Jewish vote remains solidly Democrat
US conservatives have been forecasting for the past half-century that Jewish voters are about to turn Republican. This doesn't seem to be the case for November's election
He was an ordinary Nazi. And entirely responsible
Robert Griesinger’s name doesn’t appear in any histories of the Third Reich, but the lawyer who helped supervise the flow of Czech slave labour to feed Hitler’s war machine was one of the Nazi regime's 'enablers'
The Lord who incited hate — then suffered it
George Gordon, though infamous for the anti-Catholic 'Gordon riots', converted to Judaism in later life
The urge to take down statues is about heat, not light
Britain is full of memorials to Jew haters - but there is no simple answer to deciding how to react to them, writes Robert Philpot
At the epicentre of racial tensions in the US, a Jewish mayor
Mr Frey’s handling of the rioting and disturbances which swiftly swept Minneapolis was publicly attacked by Donald Trump
Bill Kristol, the ‘Never Trump’ guru
One of American’s most prominent conservative commentators and activists has remained staunchly opposed to the American President
The Pope who fought Jew hate
Pope John Paul II was born 100 years ago
With Biden endorsed by Sanders, the focus is now on taking the fight to Trump
The Democrats' primary in the US is now effectively over, but American Jews will still have an influence on November's presidential election
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