"It is astonishing that whoever signed off that speech felt that it was a compelling reason to do so" A Jewish leader walked out of Bolton’s Holocaust memorial day commemorations over a speech he claims 'politicised' the event. Marc Levy, the chief executive of the Jewish Representative Council for Greater Manchester and region, described references to Gaza in a speech by deputy council leader, Labour's Akhtar Zaman, as 'deeply inappropriate'. The event, described by Bolton council as an one that would 'bridge generations', was held at the town hall on Tuesday, January 27. According to the authority, the service was...