Conservative peer accused of using antisemitic tropes in Lords debate

Archie Hamilton said Jewish community in Britain ‘has an awful lot of money’ and should pay for proposed holocaust memorialA Conservative peer has been accused of using antisemitic tropes after telling a debate in the Lords that Jewish people should pay for a proposed Holocaust memorial in London because they have “an awful lot of money”.Archie Hamilton, who served as a minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major and was made a peer in 2005, was criticised after the debate about whether to put the memorial and education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to parliament. Continue reading...

Conservative peer accused of using antisemitic tropes in Lords debate

Archie Hamilton said Jewish community in Britain ‘has an awful lot of money’ and should pay for proposed holocaust memorial

A Conservative peer has been accused of using antisemitic tropes after telling a debate in the Lords that Jewish people should pay for a proposed Holocaust memorial in London because they have “an awful lot of money”.

Archie Hamilton, who served as a minister under Margaret Thatcher and John Major and was made a peer in 2005, was criticised after the debate about whether to put the memorial and education centre in Victoria Tower Gardens, next to parliament. Continue reading...