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| Ed Balls, the Labour party’s answer to Michael Flatley, tells a story in his autobiography about being at a dinner to mark Jonathan Sacks’s 20th anniversary as Chief Rabbi, which was attended by the Prince of Wales. Balls’s wife, Yvette Cooper, fell into conversation with the prince’s security officer, who asked what she did and she explained that she was the shadow home secretary. In fact, she said, gesturing at her husband, he’s a politician too. “Ah yes,” the policeman replied. “I thought I recognised Nick Griffin.” Cooper sweetly expressed her surprise that the leader of the British National Party had made the Chief Rabbi’s guest list. | Ed Balls, the Labour party’s answer to Michael Flatley, tells a story in his autobiography about being at a dinner to mark Jonathan Sacks’s 20th anniversary as Chief Rabbi, which was attended by the Prince of Wales. Balls’s wife, Yvette Cooper, fell into conversation with the prince’s security officer, who asked what she did and she explained that she was the shadow home secretary. In fact, she said, gesturing at her husband, he’s a politician too. “Ah yes,” the policeman replied. “I thought I recognised Nick Griffin.” Cooper sweetly expressed her surprise that the leader of the British National Party had made the Chief Rabbi’s guest list. | ||
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| I stood there mortified. I went back to the department and wrote a personal letter to every one of the children who’d appeared in the DVD, thanking them for what they had done and telling them that I had a stammer too, and that they had inspired me. And that was the moment I realised I had to be open about it. | I stood there mortified. I went back to the department and wrote a personal letter to every one of the children who’d appeared in the DVD, thanking them for what they had done and telling them that I had a stammer too, and that they had inspired me. And that was the moment I realised I had to be open about it. | ||
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