Kemi Badenoch talks tough on antisemitism, but she didn't act when Jews needed her

Badenoch ignores reality to defend far-right marches and attack anti-genocide

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has denied reality to try to prop up her appalling position of wanting peaceful anti-genocide marches banned, but not fascist ‘Tommy Robinson’ hate marches. Badenoch claims that her position is not the most festering racist hypocrisy by arguing that the marches are “not the same”. Pointing to the deaths of two Jews in Manchester in 2025 and last week’s Golders Green attack, her rationale, if you really stretch the meani…

Kemi Badenoch talks tough on antisemitism, but she didn't act when Jews needed her

It was a warm summer evening in July 2013. At the Hasmonean Boys’ School in north-west London, 400 people were attending a speaker meeting organised by the Jewish Chronicle. The guest speaker addressed many of the political issues of the day relevant to Jews, including Israel, antisemitism, circumcision, kosher slaughter and racism in public life. I was present, and the speech was interesting. However, what for me eclipsed everything was one of …