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Britain
London mayor wins suspension appeal
2006-10-05
LONDON'S Mayor Ken Livingstone won a High Court challenge to overturn a four-week suspension from office for likening a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard.

At the end of a two-day hearing Justice Andrew Collins said he would quash the suspension and give his full decisions and reasons at a later date.

In February this year the Standards Board for England had found Mr Livingstone's comments to journalist Oliver Finegold some 12 months earlier to be "unnecessarily insensitive and offensive".

The Board suspended Mr Livingstone, one of Britain's most colourful and popular politicians, for a month beginning March 1, for bringing his office as Mayor of London into disrepute.

The suspension was delayed by the High Court while the mayor appealed.

Mr Livingstone has consistently refused to apologise for the remarks and said the panel that suspended him had overstepped its remit.
Posted by:tipper

#2  Ken is a anti jewish ,terrorist supporting, bigot.

Quite frankly I can't see how the UK has any hope. This vile creature keeps getting elected. The BBC run a public funded propaganda machine against western civilization. Sorry I think the UK is screwed.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2006-10-05 21:42  

#1  He's a piece of anti-semitic, IRA-loving, Paleo-sympathiser, ultra-leftist slime. I have despised that man for over 20 years - don't say get over it, as far as I'm concerned he's filth.

I am currently grinding my teeth thinking on how that shit got away with it...


Oliver Finegold: Mr Livingstone, "Evening Standard." How did tonight go?
Ken Livingstone: How awful for you. Have you thought of having treatment?
Finegold: How did tonight go?
Livingstone: Have you thought of having treatment?
Finegold: Was it a good party? What does it mean for you?
Livingstone: What did you do before? Were you a German war criminal?
Finegold: No, I'm Jewish, I wasn't a German war criminal and I'm actually quite offended by that. So, how did tonight go?
Mr Livingstone: Arr right, well you might be, but actually you are just like a concentration camp guard, you are just doing it because you are paid to, aren't you?
Finegold: Great, I have you on record for that. So, how was tonight?
Mr Livingstone: It's nothing to do with you because your paper is a load of scumbags and reactionary bigots.
Finegold: I'm a journalist and I'm doing my job. I'm only asking for a comment.
Mr Livingstone: Well, work for a paper that doesn't have a record of supporting fascism.


And if you think you can stomach some more of it's mumblings...
Posted by: Tony (UK)   2006-10-05 19:26  

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