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Just very finally, and I'm aware, thank you for standing out in the rainforest this evening
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I do appreciate it. One more question with you, if that's OK. Sir Keith Starmer gave a speech in Downing Street earlier today
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during which he said various things about going to put his arms around
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We are going to put our arms around the Jewish community, make sure they feel safe
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Look, I think quite a lot of people now are sick of hearing the old phrases like
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diversity is our greatest strength, don't look back in anger, you know, we can't divide us, all of that stuff
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They do want action. So what action does this Labour government need to take now for you
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Well, firstly, we need to make sure that the Community Security Trust, who, as you know, do so much to keep our communities safe, are properly funded
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The government has increased their funding last year and that needs to be maintained
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So we need to make sure that the people who keep Jewish people right across this country, not just here in Manchester, are properly funded
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but also we need to make sure that communities across england particularly in the northern towns
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that i live and know and know so well are integrated properly it cannot be the case
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that neighbors who live half a mile away don't speak the same language haven't gone to the same
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schools don't have a shared sense of history and we have to care about that community cohesion it
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is really really really important at the end of the day in this country the test i always think
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about is, do you believe that your neighbour down the road, if we went to war, would stand next to
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you and fight alongside you? And we have to build a country in which everybody who is British and
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everybody who lives here has that confidence. Josh, thank you very much. I do appreciate it. I know
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it's both a very significant religious day and also a very significant day in terms of the
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terrible events that have gone on in your community. So I appreciate you taking the time for us
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Josh Simons, there's the local Labour MP