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A frog in a pot in Batley and Spen

A frog in a pot in Batley and Spen

A Tory win in the by-election may result from an even more destabilising development

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Melanie Phillips
Jun 07, 2021
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Demonstration over ‘free speech” cartoon lesson at Batley Grammar School

When antisemitism exploded onto the streets of Britain last month as a result of the hostilities between Israel and Hamas, many Brits wondered why a conflict thousands of miles away in the Middle East was being played out in their own country.

Now the other shoe has dropped. And onc…

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