Rob Rinder: I defended the National Front in court

TV personality, barrister and JC columnist Rob Rinder has revealed he used to defend members of one of Britain’s most notorious far-right groups.

Speaking on the first episode of the JC’s new podcast, Let’s Talk, sponsored by the Athena Advisors, Rinder spoke about how he regularly heard antisemitic remarks while representing members of the National Front, who did not know he was Jewish or gay.

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In the podcast, released today, Rinder said: “I wasn’t exactly on a retainer by them, but I was a criminal barrister and you had to represent people without fear or favour, that was the rule.

“And I certainly heard antisemitic tropes and things being said. On one occasion, I was thanked because this particular client was glad that I wasn’t a ‘yid or a queer’ and I had to resist every facet of my being not to do jazz hands and say, ‘oy vey’.”