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Sir Lloyd Dorfman: Jeremy Corbyn makes me fear for my country

Multi-millionaire entrepreneur says Labour has driven Jews from a party that has been their natural home for decades

July 5, 2018 09:50
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ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty

6 min read

He is a successful entrepreneur worth more than £720 million, but it was his mum who Sir Lloyd Dorfman really wanted to tell when he found out he was to receive a knighthood.

The 65-year old founder of Travelex, the world’s largest currency exchange business, had to keep the news to himself, however, because he could not guarantee his Jewish mother “could keep the secret”.

When I arrive at Sir Lloyd’s London office a fortnight after it was announced in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list that he was to be recognised for services to philanthropy and the arts, he is somewhat coy about his new title.

But Sir Lloyd, who says he has to remain as “apolitical as possible” because of his philanthropic work, is not shy about politics today. He is concerned.