My alternative heading for this post was ‘why did the Jew cross the road?’, but I opted for the one which took up less space. Pragmatist.

The Jew in question was Gideon Falter, who, by sheer coincidence, in case you think he was just trying to make a point, happens to be the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism. And Gideon had been saying his weekly prayers in synagogue and afterwards walked home. With his kippa on his head and his little velvet ‘Tallis bag’ which holds your prayer shawl (Tallis) and book. Maybe car keys, if you’re naughty, or your phone, if you want to go straight to Hell. This bag will be embroidered with hebrew words, possibly a nice Star of David. And his path ‘home’ was to take him through a Pro-Palestine march. And was stopped by a policeman who luckily has a naturally ‘fuzzed-out’ face, so we can’t see him. The copper told him to go another way as ‘he looked openly Jewish’.

So? It’s a crime to look Jewish??? Oyyyyyy…

The policeman was, obviously, acting rather sensibly, if not exactly speaking so. Walking through a Pro-Pally march as a Jew could possibly inflame people. Could be dangerous for Gideon, even. But Gideon refused to reconsider. Obviously, the head of the CAA was making a point. A very valid point. After our esteemed mayor of London, may Allah praise his name, has repeatedly said that ‘there are no no-go areas in London’, ‘it remains perfectly safe for the Jewish community’. And he said that specifically because of complaints that during the regular saturday Gaza marches, Jews felt unsafe in the areas of those marches.

But why should they? Why should Gideon be called a ‘NAZI!!!’ and other abuse? Why is an Englishman, who happens to be a Jew, accused of alleged bad things happening in another country, by another nation, a thousand miles away? Would these people abuse a Yemeni over here for the deaths of a hundred thousand over there? Would a Syrian get shouted at because of the atrocities over there? And yet the Jew is fair game. Which is why PC Fuzzy-Face eventually forcibly prevented Gideon from crossing the road. So he couldn’t ‘go there’. So if there are areas where Jews can’t go, aren’t they ‘no-go’ areas? By any definition?

And to make matters worse, Nottingham Forest had four penalty appeals turned down by VAR on Sunday. Four. Ok, players appeal as readily as they drop to the ground clutching their faces, but all four were legitimate appeals, if not slam-dunk penalties. The VAR in question was apparently a Luton Town supporter. Hence his own team are embroiled in a relegation battle with Nottingham Forest, thus he has a deep personal interest in Forest losing. Any fight against VAR is my fight. Je suis Luis Espirito Santo.

Happy Tuesday

A xxxx

(This car is a Porsche 356A from 1959, the forerunner to the 911. But much, much, much prettier. So pretty I want one more than I want Manchester City to get a total ban from football for 5 years for financial indiscretions)