Chortle runs UK comedy news and show reviews (founded 2000). Latest: UK urged to sanction illegal settlements; Philip Simon’s Banshee Labyrinth stand-up was cancelled after social-media review.
The ICJP has written to UK Foreign Secretary urging targeted sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, arguing such measures uphold international law. The letter calls for action beyond rhetoric as UK authorities discuss responses to settlement expansion and related violence. EU deliberations on bloc-wide sanctions continue.