This morning Ed Balls asked Dov Forman on live television if Nick Timothy’s criticism of the Trafalgar Square Iftar event last week is is “causing problems” for the Jewish community. Just hours after three arsonists burned ambulances operated by a Jewish charity…
Robert Jenrick:
“Ed Balls has revealed himself to be absolutely clueless. It is ridiculous to try and link this sick crime to Nick Timothy’s comments last week. The only people responsible are the perpetrators and our weak political leaders who have been too weak to confront extremism. Engaging in whataboutery with a young antisemitism campaigner at the scene of an antisemitic attack is deeply unpleasant.”
Developing…
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”