Jamboree de Peckham

Steve Reed, the secretary of state for housing, confirms he's ruled out rent controls. Trapped in rented accommodation paying exorbitant rent? This govt isn't on your side.

Gillian Tett, "We live in a hate filled, polarized age whipped up by social media" "Tragically, at the same time the elephant in the room is that Netanyahu has tried to present any criticism of his policies as anti Semitism and that has become collated" "And unfortunately what's happened is that it's entirely valid to say I dislike what Netanyahu is doing the Middle east, but I also love the Jewish community" "That has not been said nearly enough" "That distinction has not been made" "And that's again adding to the problems" "And of course the other issue is that there are Iran, other actors who are very determined to whip up both dissent in Britain in general, but also anti Semitism in particular" "And Iran has a long history of interfering in that way. And I haven't seen any proof that they're involved in this latest, wave of anti Semitism, but it would not be a surprise given the pattern on social media recently" "The other thing I'd say is that speaking as, someone who's overseeing an educational establishment, it's critical that we all work to educate the next generation to have empathy for each other and to understand the difference between having a point of view on a policy, say around Israel, and actually a people, and actually not letting that in any way spill over to anything other than having the courage to stand up and say whatever I think about Israel, I'm going to stand up and celebrate the amazing Jewish community" Victoria Derbyshire, "Are you having those conversations with your students at Cambridge?" Gillian Tett, "We absolutely are" "And actually by funny coincidence, Rabbi Jonathan was at King's College as well. So, I'm hoping he'll come back and talk at some point. But he's also doing amazing work on interfaith, dialogue and that's absolutely critical" "We've actually increased our Middle Eastern study series in the college pretty precisely to try and create a culture of understanding, education and a willingness to be curious and listen above all else"

Just spoke to friends on the Global Sumud Flotilla. Israeli vessels & drones are harassing them off the coast of Crete. The Greek gvt is either complicit or incapable of defending our seas from Israel. So much for Freedom of Navigation & Int. Law