
Susan Hall, the Conservative candidate for London Mayor, is once again facing a political storm of her own making, this time for suggesting that Jewish Londoners were ‘frightened’ of Sadiq Khan.
At roughly 5ft 6 inches (reports vary), one presumes Hall was not implying Jews were physically intimidated by the Mayor. Nor was she arguing that the Ulez extension represented a racially or religiously motivated attack on Jews living in outer boroughs. So what point was she trying to make?