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David Rosenberg Profile picture
@davidjrosenberg
Sep 18, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
As a Jewish member of the Labour Party I thank @Keir_Starmer for his New Year message, but his claim that he has "been... establishing new ties right across the Jewish community and its organisations" is simply untrue. jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/sir-keir-starm… via @JewishNewsUK
At the GE 2019 there were 100s of left-wing Jews canvassing for Labour especially in marginals. They were members of @JVoiceLabour @JewishSocialist @jewishsolidAct @NaamodUK and @_JFJFP . As far as i know @Keir_Starmer has not had meetings with any of these organisations.
I wrote to him personally in early April urging him to do so. My letter was ignored for 2.5 months. After reminding him about it I got a brief "one size fits all" form letter from his office staff which answered none of my nine specific questions or requests. I wrote back to say
I was "disappointed, angry, insulted and patronised" to receive this form letter” and pointed to 4 of the 9 specific questions I especially wanted answers to. His office staff wrote back: "please accept my apologies that you are unhappy with the response." And that was that.

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