Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 03/05/2026

Isabel Hardman· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Coffee House Shots, the Spectator's daily politics podcast. I'm Isabel Hardman, and this is the Sunday Roundup. The stabbing of two men in Golders Green on Wednesday was the latest in a series of attacks on the British Jewish community. The Prime Minister has since suggested tougher action is needed on pro-Palestine protests and the language used on those marches. On Sky News, Trevor Phillips asked Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander if the government might outlaw certain phrases such as the chant, "Globalize the Intifada."

Trevor Phillips· Soundbite0:37

Let's come onto the point you're making. The Prime Minister signaled that he might want to ban repeated marches in support of Palestinians and to restrict the language used by, um, demonstrators. Look, m- maybe the law should be different, but so far no court has ruled that it's unlawful to say, "Globalize the Intifada," or, "From the river to the sea." Do you intend to make those words illegal?

Heidi Alexander· Soundbite1:03

So we have actually changed the law this week to give the police more powers, uh, to deal with protests, and I listened carefully to what the Prime Minister said in his interview, uh, in the last couple of days. And one of the points I thought it was fair that he made was if people are on protests about, uh, events in the Middle East and they hear people chanting, "Globalize the Intifada,"