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Any plan to save us from Brexit? Sorry but no, David Miliband tells synagogue

Over from New York, the former foreign secretary lamented the state of British politics but would not be drawn on whether he would return

October 29, 2019 17:13
David Miliband addresses members of Highgate Synagogue
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It took three speakers to introduce David Miliband to a packed audience at Highgate Synagogue on Thursday.

First up came Rabbi Nicky Liss. Well, it is his shul. He was, as it were, the foreword. Next, the preface — lawyer, businessman and philanthropist, Sir Harry Solomon, followed by the introduction, with Lady Esther Gilbert.

Finally, the star turn appeared — David Miliband, gloriously unbound and unconstrained by the pressures of either government or opposition.

The title of the talk given by the former foreign secretary — in London to give the shul’s second Sir Martin Gilbert memorial lecture — was “Brexit and the Anti-Liberal Moment”.