In the wake of the 2015 Sousse attacks , in which 38 Westerners were murdered by an Islamist who had apparently been seduced by an associate of Abu Qatada , Moore wrote an essay , the thesis of which was that ISIS and its fellow-travellers truly believe only it can defeat the conspiracy that runs the world and that there is no possible common ground . He concluded that " It is not paranoid to say that there is a deadly enemy within ( the UK ) , and not intolerant to want to defeat it . " As of 2015 , Moore wrote for two of the publications he once edited , '' The Spectator '' and '' The Daily Telegraph '' . In August 2015 , Moore received media attention and criticism after he wrote an article for '' The Spectator '' about the 2015 Labour Party ( UK ) leadership election , entitled " Have Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall got the looks for a leadership contest ? " , in which he wrote " there is an understanding that no leader - especially , despite the age of equality , a woman - can look grotesque on television and win a general election " and discussed the looks of the two female candidates in detail . The article was condemned by Liz Kendall ; First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon ; and Tessa Jowell , candidate for the Labour nomination for Mayor of London and former Minister and MP ; along with several journalists and MPs of various parties
2015 Sousse attacks
2015 Sousse attacks
Charles Moore (journalist)