‘The intifada has come to London’ | Lorin Bell-Cross on the Golders Green attack

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🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Four ambulances run by a Jewish community group in London’s Golders Green were set on fire in the early hours of Monday morning. Iran-linked terrorists have claimed responsibility. Here, Lorin Bell-Cross – political correspondent at the Jewish Chronicle – outlines what we know so far about the ambulance attack, and explains why Labour cannot speak frankly about the threat to British Jews. Get tickets for the spiked summit – a brand-new flagship live event bringing spiked’s writers and high-profile friends together for a day of bold debate, live Q&As and on-stage exchanges in Westminster, London. Find out more and book here: https://www.spiked-online.com/event/spiked-summit/ Read spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/ Support spiked: https://www.spiked-online.com/support/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:46.2	Hello, I'm Fraser-Mey's deputy editor of Spiked.
0:50.2	I'm joined today by Lauren Bell Cross, political correspondent at the Jewish Chronicle.
0:55.0	Lauren, thank you so much for joining me.
0:57.0	Thank you for having me.
0:58.0	So I wanted to talk to you, Lauren, about a really horrific incident that happened in the early
1:03.0	hours of this morning today.
1:05.0	Four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community group were set ablaze, seemingly by three suspects who haven't been named
1:14.3	yet. We haven't seen their photographs yet. There may be an Iranian connection. It may have been
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