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HUGO RIFKIND

Corbyn an antisemite? No, says angry Hulk

It’s late in the day to claim the Labour leader is a blemish-free ‘anti-racist’ but there are still celebrities ready to do it

The Times

I’m a big fan of the actor Mark Ruffalo. Or actually, now I give it a little more thought, I’m a big fan of the way the actor Mark Ruffalo looks in a leather jacket in The Kids Are All Right, and I have a modest preference for him as the Incredible Hulk over Edward Norton. This morning, though, the main thing I am thinking about Mark Ruffalo is, “what does this Hollywood superstar imagine he knows about the experiences of my great aunt twice removed up in Hendon?” And I am wondering if the answer to that question is, actually, that he hasn’t even thought about her, or anybody like her, for a single second.

Ruffalo is a signatory to an open letter