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When I was a child, around 7, we lived next door to a large family in London. I liked to visit neighbours, anything to get away from my own family. There was something different about this family. Even at a young age, I could tell.
One evening I tottered in and the woman next door was lighting candles with her hand over her eyes. She then started singing in a strange language.
I rushed home to tell my ma. “It sounds magical,” my mother said. It turned out they were a Jewish family who had escaped to London to avoid the Holocaust. She cautioned against eating too much of their food. “They have been through a terrible time, and need all the food they can get.”
It was ahead of a decision to be taken by his former council colleagues over whether to release a report of an investigation into his tenancy and interactions with the county farms team.
Castle councillor @CllrPayne is standing for re-election today, here she explains why the Lib Dems are the only choice for a fresh start for Cambridge. pic.twitter.com/SxAQ3VXFrB Cambridge Lib Dems (@CambridgeLDs) May 6, 2021
Tory Party chiefs, whilst confident of retaining control, have learned from past experience -including that of 2013 when UKIP delivered an extraordinary electoral blow – not to be complacent.
Including the deputy leader’s former seat, they have held 35 of the 61 council seats – with Lib Dems, Labour and independents the remaining 26.