Tuesday 9th June 2026
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2026 5:41 am
Morning all.
Trump got a warm welcome in New York yesterday.
He might have been asleep and not noticed though
Cheeky lot !The Board of Deputies of British Jews (BoD) claims to speak for a British “Jewish Community” which is in reality mythological. The Board can make no claim to represent either the 20% or so of Jews who are Charedi, or the approximately 50% who are secular.
The Board’s strong hostility to the Labour Party long predates Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. Indeed, its previous President Jonathan Arkush urged a vote for the Tories in 2015 when Ed Miliband (who was Jewish) was leader; and also welcomed the election of Donald Trump. The current BoD President Marie van der Zyl this last year enthusiastically welcomed Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister, despite his known racist credentials.
Read that much earlier and it may well have been my first LOL of the day !refitman wrote: Tue Jun 09, 2026 5:28 pm I'm shocked, SHOCKED! That the legislation over trans people using the correct toilets/changing areas is confused, incoherent and seemingly unworkable.
So if anyone babbles about it, remember Ken Stern, who wrote it !the IHRA document has proved ineffective in actual disciplinary situations. This is because its definition of antisemitism is so confused and its examples highly contentious, with no rules as to how to resolve the inevitable resulting disagreements as to what is and what is not antisemitic. The document was never drafted as a legally binding document, as countless critics (including Ken Stern, its drafter) have affirmed.