Michael Levy, Baron Levy
Michael Levy, Baron Levy
Michael Abraham Levy, Baron Levy, is a British life peer and former chartered accountant who was chairman and CEO of a large independent group of music companies. A long-standing friend of former prime minister Tony Blair, Levy was the chief fundraiser for the Labour Party under Blair and spent nine years as Blair's special envoy to the Middle East.
"There is a general feeling, and it is increasingly sensitive, that this is all about get the Jew. I do not play the anti-Semitic card. But within my immediate community, and the Jewish community generally, they are sensitive to the fact that this is becoming all about one Jew."
Michael Levy, Baron Levy"Undoubtedly the notional leader of British Jewry."
Michael Levy, Baron Levy"So, to borrow the phrase Tony Blair used about himself during the first row over New Labours funding, I regard Lord Levy as a pretty straight sort of guy."
Michael Levy, Baron Levy
