Lorin Bell-Cross
The Jewish Chronicle, Feb. 11, 2025
“What stands out to him most was Starmer’s decision to make a personal apology to the Jewish community almost immediately when first elected in April 2020, while the country was enduring the height of the Covid pandemic,”
The chair of the Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) is a regular visitor to Parliament, but on Monday “there was something tangibly different”.
It hit him: “This is where I’m going to actually be working soon and spending my time”.
Led into the grand setting and iconic red benches of the House of Lords by fellow Jewish Labour peer Baroness Anderson – clothed in a “real Oxfordshire fur” robe – Mike Katz formally became Lord Katz of Fortune Green.
In his first interview since his ennoblement, Katz sat down with the JC, joking: “The other thing I still need to get my head around, is it is one of the few places where you can be over 50 and still be considered a youngster”.…Source