Yo Blair (Yo Sarko?)
2008-11-02 12:15:29
To Mary Jackson (#44) and Snorri Godhi (#49). Point taken about Disraeli being the first “ethnically” Jewish Prime minister of a Western democracy. However, as Mary pointed out, he converted to Anglicanism while Blum remained Jewish until his death. Which, if you ask me, is a huge difference (but nonetheless, Disraeli’s election was a great achievement).
Also, while I agree with the author that Europeans should clean up their mess before lecturing the world, #4, #12, #20, #49 are right to point out that taking the example of London’s mayor and generalize it to the whole of Europe is a serious flaw in the article.
Europe and the US should work together, enough of childish finger-pointing.
