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Socialist magician and theatre worker/teacher. Writer of children's novel Impossible Dreamers. First chapters can be read on https://t.co/5ZJZxi1nFy.
Nov 26, 2019 13 tweets 3 min read
1/ I don't want to be talking about being a Jew during this election campaign. I'm more interested in discussing the @UKLabour manifesto, with its transformative vision for the the UK. I'm happy to argue on its policies, some great, some not so great (like Trident) but... 2/ The Chief Rabbi of the Orthodox Synagogue, who represents a minority of the diverse Jewish Community, has chosen to make this a political issue. From what I have read of his Times article, his view is based on a picture of the Labour Party that I don't recognise...