London mayor Ken Livingstone has been censured by the London Assembly for a Nazi jibe made to a Jewish reporter. Two motions were passed asking him to apologise and withdraw his comments. Labour's Mr Livingstone, who says he is "standing by" his remarks, had accused an Evening Standard journalist of being like a "concentration camp guard". The local government watchdog, the Standards Board for England, could investigate after a complaint from The Board of Deputies of British Jews. The row was discussed at Monday's budget meeting of the assembly, which is made up of 25 members elected to examine the mayor's activities.
Inviting Al-Qaradawi to address the London Assembly and now anti-semitic comments to journalists... maybe the intellectual left is the new home of anti-semitism. But I thought Ken was supposed to be so PC... [/irony] |