Till min förvåning tycks det inte finnas någon FB-diskussion om Londons förre borgmästare Ken Livingstone, som blivit känd för sina radikala åsikter och bisarra yttranden om Israel. Idag stängde hans parti Labour av honom, efter att han i BBC försvarat partikollegan och parlamentsledamoten Naz Shah som på sociala medier gjort utfall mot Israel. Livingstone konstaterade att också Hitler stödde sionismen i början av sin karriär.
Jeremy Corbyn denies crisis as Ken Livingstone suspended
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36160135
Debatten om Red Kens åsikter går nu het i Storbritannien. Jag antar att det finns flera FB-are som har åsikter om honom, dela med er av dem här. Många är därtill bosatta i Storbritannien, eller har vistats där en längre tid, det vore kul att veta om någon av er träffat Livingstone och vilket intryck ni fick.
Jeremy Corbyn denies crisis as Ken Livingstone suspended
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-36160135
Citat:
Labour criticism of Mr Livingstone mounted when he appeared on BBC Radio London defending Naz Shah - and said he had never heard anyone in the Labour Party say anything anti-Semitic.
He added: "When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews."
Media captionLabour MP John Mann confronts Ken Livingstone as tensions rise over anti-Semitic claims.
Labour MP John Mann then accused Mr Livingstone of being a "Nazi apologist" in front of a media scrum as he arrived at Westminster's media studios.
Asked about the confrontation on the BBC's Daily Politics, Mr Livingstone said: "He (Mr Mann) went completely over the top... I have had that with John Mann before."
But Mr Mann stood by his remarks, saying: "He is a Nazi apologist."
Mr Livingstone said he was not suggesting Hitler was a Zionist, saying the Nazi leader was "a monster from start to finish", but he said he had simply been quoting historical "facts".
He added: "When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews."
Media captionLabour MP John Mann confronts Ken Livingstone as tensions rise over anti-Semitic claims.
Labour MP John Mann then accused Mr Livingstone of being a "Nazi apologist" in front of a media scrum as he arrived at Westminster's media studios.
Asked about the confrontation on the BBC's Daily Politics, Mr Livingstone said: "He (Mr Mann) went completely over the top... I have had that with John Mann before."
But Mr Mann stood by his remarks, saying: "He is a Nazi apologist."
Mr Livingstone said he was not suggesting Hitler was a Zionist, saying the Nazi leader was "a monster from start to finish", but he said he had simply been quoting historical "facts".
Debatten om Red Kens åsikter går nu het i Storbritannien. Jag antar att det finns flera FB-are som har åsikter om honom, dela med er av dem här. Många är därtill bosatta i Storbritannien, eller har vistats där en längre tid, det vore kul att veta om någon av er träffat Livingstone och vilket intryck ni fick.