Britain's Parliament dates back to the reign of Edward I, who went on to expel the Jews from England in 1290. Unlike anti-Semitism on the Continent, British attitudes towards Jews well into the 19th century were shaped more by their absence than by resentment of neighbors.
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After the mid-19th century, when Parliament finally seated Lionel Rothschild, & a converted Jew (Benjamin Disraeli) rose to Prime Minister, Britain began to move beyond that medieval view of its tiny Jewish population, but it's a long history distinct from both the US & Europe.
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Of course it has a very long history pretty much everywhere.
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That doesn't address anti-semitism. Anti-semites can simply use other tropes, like anti-immigration rhetoric and a fixation on George Soros.
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Maybe Labour might finally purge anti Semitic politics...but I have doubts ...Corbyn was a really bad guy
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