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KORACH 5784 Lessons from the Elections Rabbi Andrew Shaw Chief Executive, Mizrachi UK
The UK woke up to a different government this morning and absolutely no one was surprised! The simple fact on the ground is that Labour didn’t win the election – the Tories lost it! Labour’s total votes went down by 700,000! The Conservative’s total votes went down by 7,000,000! In fact, the turnout was 7% lower than 2019. Approximately 4 million people less voted this time. I am not a political analyst, but it is clear to see that apathy, anger and frustration were the winners last night. As far as the Jewish community are concerned, I think the biggest worry is the election of the five independents in Blackburn, Dewsbury, Leicester, Birmingham and Islington who stood on a platform of Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism and won! https://mailchi.mp/mizrachi/dvar-torah-for-parashat-korach-17980366
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