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Board sent letter to Cameron over Kaminski

October 7, 2009 09:57
David Cameron

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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The Board of Deputies has sent a letter to Conservative leader David Cameron expressing concern over his party’s rightwing European alliances.

Vivian Wineman, president of the Board, wrote to Mr Cameron raising his concerns over the past political activities of Michal Kaminski and Roberts Zile, who made appearances at the Tory conference this week.

Mr Kaminski, who is Polish, is the leader of the European Conservatives and Reformists bloc at the European Parliament, of which the Conservative Party is a member. Mr Zile is the leader of the Latvian Fatherland and Freedom party.

Both came under attack from Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the Labour Party conference last week. He referred to Mr Kaminski’s "antisemitic past" and alleged that Mr Zile's party conducted annual commemorations of the Latvian branch of the Waffen SS.