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The vandals' veto in London

The vandals' veto in London

Broke: War on Christmas. Woke: War on Chanukah.

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Damian Penny
Nov 29, 2023
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This is one of these stories which makes me wonder, are we sure Jeremy Corbyn was never elected Prime Minister of Great Britain?

Because if I you had arrived from the far-off future of 2023 and showed 2017 me this headline from Britain’s Jewish News, I would have assumed Corbyn was in year six of his four-year term as General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Republic of England:

A London council has decided not to allow a chanukiah to be erected outside its town hall to commemorate the full eight days of Chanukah over fears it could inflame tensions between local communities.

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