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Lib Dem Ramadan: a festival of virtue signalling
The sight of Lib Dem politicians engaging in a patronising gesture to Muslim voters by jumping on the Ramadan fast really hollows out the meaning and content of the term ‘solidarity', observes JAMES CROSSLEY
Weird: The Lib Dem councillor's breakfast suggested his knowledge of bacon and eggs was based on hearsay

THE Lib Dem MP for Kingston & Surbiton, Ed Davey, announced on Twitter on April 25 that he was preparing for his “first ever fast in the holy month of Ramadan.” The reason was to show that “Muslims doing Ramadan in isolation” were not alone.

The accompanying video explained that in the evening there would be a Lib Dem Iftar where they would share a virtual community meal together. He finished by telling his audience “Ramadan Mubarak.”

He later added that he would be raising money from this for the Kingston Foodbank as the hashtag #LibDemIftar went into use among fellow Lib Dems.

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