(Independent-UK) The current Conservative Party leader, Michael Howard, is a practicing Jew. But an ICM poll published in the Jewish Chronicle found that 47% of people were unable to agree with the statement: "A British Jew would make an equally acceptable prime minister as a member of any other faith." The poll found 20% did not think that Jews made a positive contribution to political, social, and cultural life, while 18% believed that Jews had too much influence in Britain. Neville Nagler, director general of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said: "I read this survey as saying that 82% of people are content to have a Jewish prime minister or they would not mind if there was one. There have been many Jewish cabinet ministers."
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