Raheem is the Executive Editor for The Commentator and director of the counter-extremism pressure group, 'Student Rights'. He is also an Associate Fellow at The Henry Jackson Society and Communications Director for the Bow Group. Kassam tweets at @RaheemJKassam
Mr. Clegg, your speech was abysmal
Nick Clegg's speech to the Liberal Democrat conference was completely in-keeping with the tone of the week: FLAT
- 26 September 2012
Clegg's own stalking horse is less than discreet and less than capable
The Liberal Democrats need to avoid Vince Cable as a future party leader, if they want to detoxify in the next decade
- 23 September 2012
Guess who wants to kill Mitt Romney?
Democrats are quick to point at Republicans as 'gun-toting' and aggressive. But Democrats are hardly exemplars of pacifism
- 6 September 2012
Romney lacks the wow factor but keeps the trains on the tracks
Mitt Romney's speech was not earth-shattering, but it might just be enough
- 31 August 2012
Did Paul Ryan under perform on purpose?
Paul Ryan holds back on attacking Obama and makes the positive case for Mitt Romney
- 30 August 2012
Guardian dumps US commentator after pressure piles in from ‘usual suspects’
The Guardian has ditched US analyst Josh Trevino - but why? Find out the real reasons here...
- 25 August 2012
Are London residents fighting in Syria?
Sheikh Abu Baseer Al-Tartousi has been photographed in Syria. But what does this London Islamist taking up arms tell us?
- 16 August 2012
Guardian repeats Paul Ryan slur without fact-checking
The Guardian's churnalism is becoming worse and worse. And no doubt the BBC will follow suit.
- 14 August 2012
Boris zoinks off the Geiger counter of popularity, sure – but not because he’s a pragmatist
Being naturally skeptical of the state is a crucial conservative tradition that must be upheld
- 30 July 2012
Trust the market: government underspends mean we can afford tax rebates
Government spending is taxation, and government spending is not the be all and end all of growth promotion.
- 23 July 2012
It’s time to hit ‘reset’ on the Coalition government
Anagrams of "coalition government" are in fact some of the best ways to describe this Cameron-led, chimeric catastrophe
- 17 July 2012
This letter from 10 Downing Street may excite you...
A letter from Number 10 Downing Street is sure to excite conservatives
- 3 July 2012
It's always 'the death of democracy' when the left loses an election, isn't it?
Loosening the noose on campaign finance and political advertising is what's needed, not the opposite
- 7 June 2012
On partisanship, principle and calling out Mehdi Hasan
A stubborn, principled stance is often met with an ad hominem response - but does that not simply demonstrate the inability to be menschen?
- 29 May 2012
Is Hugo Rifkind always this wrong?
Hugo Rifkind is precisely the problem with British politics. Left-leaning, instinctively statist and wrong about everything.
- 12 May 2012
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