As he entered politics his Jewishness hadn’t even been in the background. It simply wasn’t a part of what Ed Miliband saw when he looked at Ed Miliband. And amongst Labour’s Jewish supporters the word had already gone round. With David there was maybe some hope. But Ed? Well, everyone knew he was a Goy. During the leadership election one of his press officers had been asked, ‘What does Ed Miliband think about being the first Jewish leader of the Labour party.’ ‘Oh, David’s much more Jewish than Ed,’ she’d responded. But then his Jewishness had started to become political.