Stephen Pollard

Stephen Pollard (born 18 December 1964) is a British author and journalist. Since 2008 he has been the editor of The Jewish Chronicle.

For the English cricketer (born 1971), see Stephen Pollard (cricketer).

Stephen Pollard
Born (1964-12-18) 18 December 1964
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationJohn Lyon School
Mansfield College, Oxford.
OccupationJournalist

Early life

Pollard had what he calls a "normal, nominally orthodox north-west London Jewish upbringing". His childhood dream was to become a barrister.[1]

Career

He was a researcher for Labour MP Peter Shore.[1]

Think tanks

In 1993, Pollard worked for the Fabian Society.[2] In 1996, he joined the Social Market Foundation.[3]

In 2005, Pollard was a Senior Fellow at Civitas.[4] In 2007, he was president for the Centre for the New Europe.[5]

In 2007, it was announced that he would be the first chair of the European Institute for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism.[5]

Journalism

Stephen Pollard started at the Evening Standard.[1] He then worked at the Daily Express, leaving in 2001. In his final article for the paper, he used the first letter of every paragraph to spell out the phrase "Fuck you Desmond".[6][7][8]

He has been a political columnist with The Times and the Daily Mail[5] as well as writing for The Independent and Sunday Telegraph.[1]

In November 2008, he became editor of The Jewish Chronicle.[9] During his editorship, IPSO made eight findings against the paper.[10][11][12][13] It was announced in April 2020 that the paper was going into voluntary liquidation, despite a planned merger with Jewish News, announced in February 2020.[14] Pollard resigned to join a consortium bidding for the publication's assets.[15] The bid was successful and retained Pollard as editor.

In September 2010, The Spectator apologised and paid damages and costs to the organisers of the Islam Expo conference, in a defamation case involving a blog post written by Pollard and published in July 2008. The apology regretted the suggestion that "Islam Expo Limited is a fascist party dedicated to genocide which organised a conference with a racist and genocidal programme" and accepted that "Islam Expo's purpose is to provide a neutral and broad-based platform for debate on issues relating to Muslims and Islam."[16]

As of 2019, he writes frequently for the Daily Express, and also writes for the Daily Mail, The Sun and The Daily Telegraph.[17]

Books
  • David Blunkett, Hodder & Stoughton, 2004
  • Ten Days That Changed The Nation: The Making Of Modern Britain, Simon & Schuster, 2009
  • Falling Off A Clef: The Lives and Bizarre Deaths of Great Composers, The Robson Press, 2014

Views

Pollard is an advocate of market-based public service reforms.[18] He believes that "the state has no business running schools or hospitals"[19] and "I object to the fact I have to pay for (the BBC)".[1] He believes in a flat tax.[18]

He was a signatory founder of the Henry Jackson Society, a neoconservative British foreign policy think tank.[20][21]

He says that he began to think about Judaism seriously and to feel loyalty to Israel in his mid-thirties.[1]

References
  1. Bell, Matthew (11 January 2009). "'Fantastic timing': a baptism of fire at the Jewish Chronicle". The Independent. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  2. Pollard, Stephen (1993). "More southern discomfort". More southern discomfort. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. Eye, Eagle (18 April 1996). "Diary". The Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  4. "Civitas: the Institute for the Study of Civil Society". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. Rocker, Simon (26 January 2007). "Pollard to head new European think-tank". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 21 September 2007.
  6. Hodgson, Jessica (8 January 2001). "Stephen Pollard loses job at Times" – via www.theguardian.com.
  7. "Stephen Pollard returns to Richard Desmond's fold | Media Monkey". 21 September 2009 – via www.theguardian.com.
  8. "'Fantastic timing': a baptism of fire at the Jewish Chronicle". The Independent. 11 January 2009.
  9. Matthew Bell, "'Fantastic timing': a baptism of fire at the Jewish Chronicle", Independent on Sunday, 11 January 2009
  10. Luft, Oliver (3 April 2009). "Jewish Chronicle pays £30,000 libel damages to peace activist". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  11. "Human Appeal International: an apology". The Jewish Chronicle. 30 May 2013.
  12. "JC breached Ipso rules in Suarez articles". The Jewish Chronicle. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  13. "Labour member wins IPSO complaint against Jewish Chronicle after telling newspaper he is not a Holocaust denier". Press Gazette. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  14. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/apr/08/jewish-chronicle-and-jewish-news-to-be-liquidated-and-staff-laid-off
  15. Tobitt, Charlotte (21 April 2020). "Jewish News back to 'business as usual' as Chronicle merger plan thwarted by surprise bid". Press Gazette. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  16. Oliver, Laura (2 September 2010). "Spectator settles in hyperlink defamation case". Journalism.co.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  17. "Articles". Muck Rack. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  18. Pollard, Stephen (24 August 2005). "Tories need a Clause 4". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  19. Pollard, Stephen (13 May 2005). "The death of the project". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  20. The Henry Jackson Society The Guardian,
  21. "...[The West's] failures in the former Yugoslavia (especially Bosnia) were more than just moral. Through their impact on the credibility of our international institutions, such as NATO and the EU, they had a profound effect on the national interests of western powers. These fiascos showed that we had to engage, robustly and sometimes preventatively. The early interventions in Kosovo and Sierra Leone, although imperfect, provide an appropriate model for future action." The Henry Jackson Society's Statement of Principles Archived 8 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine
Media offices
Preceded by
Jeff Barak		 Editor of The Jewish Chronicle
2008–present		 Incumbent
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