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It’s amazing how much damage Kemi can do to herself in five minutes on local radio | John Crace

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I t was the sort of day that every politician dreads. One where you can’t not say and do something. The pressure to come up with the right words. The knowledge that even if you do find the right words, they still won’t be enough. Nothing anyone can say can mitigate the horror of the latest antisemitic attacks in north London on Wednesday. You can promise more money for security. You can proscribe terrorist organisations. You can insist that this is not who we are as a country. But all that must sound hollow to British Jews. They’ve heard all this before and nothing has changed. In fact, it feels like it’s getting worse. There’s that nagging feeling that just maybe, however abhorrent the idea, this is precisely who we are as a country right now. For the politicians, it is a reminder of their own limitations. That they can’t guarantee the safety of their own citizens. For Kemi Badenoch , there was also another chance to confront her boundaries. Thursday was her date with the local media round.…

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