NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS - OR I CANNOT REMEMBER THE DETAILS, BUT THERE IS MORE TO THIS BEHIND THE SCENES OTHER THAN NAME CALLING AND COMPARISON...
ACTUALLY, PUNISHING LIVINGSTON IS A "MESSAGE" GIVEN IN ORDER TO CONTROL PEOPLE, IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS SAID ON FACE VALUE...
MANY PEOPLE ARE AWAKENING RIGHT NOW AND SEEKING THE REAL TRUTH TO THINGS.... PTB DO NOT LIKE THAT AND CONVENIENTLY LIVINGSTON SPOUTED TRIPE AND GAVE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC ADMONISHMENT... I MAY ADD IT WAS NOT ADMINISTERED UNTIL THE OLD TIRED TRIED AND TRUE "PUBLIC OUTCRY"... AGAIN.
HE IS A SOCIALIST MEANING THE MAYOR OF LONDON IS SOCIALIST ... RIGHT NEXT TO COMMUNISM FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT AWARE OF THIS FACT ...
ENGLISH SOCIETY TENDS OR HAVE TENDED TO WAIT TO BE LEAD AND TOLD WHAT TO DO BY GOVERNMENT FOR THE MOST PART BUT TIMES ARE CHANGING AND PPL ARE THANKFULLY WAKING UP... TOO LATE? I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANSWER TO THAT...
***** IT WAS/IS INDEED A WITCHHUNT *****...
I AM JUST ADDING & SAYING THERE IS A BIGGER PTB ISSUE BEHIND THIS OUT OF PUBLIC VIEW... AS USUAL...
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL WEEKS... LIVINGSTON SUPPOSEDLY SAID THAT A MONTH OR SO AGO AND NOTHING WAS GOING TO BE DONE OR SO IT SEEMED UNTIL SUPPOSEDLY PEOPLE "DEMANDED" REPRIEVE... SEEMS LIKE THEY'D BE BETTER SERVED TO DEMAND THINGS MORE SUBSTANTIVE BUT PTB KNOW THEY ONLY GO FOR PETTY THINGS.
: The pro- ISRAEL act in London, where London's mayor - Ken
: Livingstone - was "suspended" from office for a
: month for likening a Jewish newspaper reporter (Evening
: Standard) to a Nazi concentration camp guard shows us
: again how our elementary rights and liberties are
: sacrificed in defence of "Jewish" (better say
: "Israel") dignity. Why did those UK government
: watchdogs (The Adjudication Panel for England) suspend the
: mayor of London just for "hurting the feelings"
: of a journalist, who happens to be "a Jew"?
: Moreover, why had the fact been "supressed" by
: most "medea"-'eports that the journalist -
: Oliver Finegold - in fact did provoke the mayor, as he
: didn't deliver the "expected" answers - making a
: CLEAR DIFFERENCE between Israel and "The Jews"?
: The Mayor had clashed with Finegold at a party marking the
: 20th anniversary of Chris Smith becoming the first openly
: gay MP .
: It is also alleged that Livingstone told the reporter to
: "work for a paper that doesn't have a record of
: supporting Fascism" — a reference to the
: pro-Hitler stance in the 1930s of the Standard’s
: "stablemate", the Daily Mail
...
:
Livingstone: "This decision strikes at the
: heart of democracy. Elected politicians should only be able
: to be removed by the voters or for breaking the law".
: ...
: "Three members of a body that no-one has ever elected
: should not be allowed to overturn the votes of millions of
: Londoners."
: But Livingstone is fighting back now:
From the
: British Guardian:
: Livingstone suspension delayed amid claims of vendetta
: Hugh Muir
: Wednesday March 1, 2006
: The Guardian
: The order requiring Ken Livingstone to step down from office
: for likening a Jewish reporter to a concentration camp
: guard was halted by a high court judge yesterday, hours
: before it would have taken effect. The stay of execution
: represents a partial victor y at the beginning of what is
: likely to be a lengthy battle by the mayor of London to
: overturn the disciplinary punishment.
: Mr Livingstone has applied for leave to seek judicial review
: of last week's decision by the Adjudication Panel for
: England, the government body which deals with serious
: disciplinary cases involving local government, but the case
: is unlikely to be heard for several weeks. Without the
: stay of execution, he would have been obliged to step down
: today.
: The decision of the unelected panel members to remove the
: elected mayor from office for a month was widely
: criticised, not least because he would have been unable
: during his suspension to perform duties relating to
: policing, transport and the Olympics.
: Mr Livingstone yesterday described the court's decision as a
: "very welcome development". At a press
: conference, he accused the Board of Deputies of British
: Jews of conducting a "McCarthyite" witchhunt
: against him because of his refusal to agree to its demands
: and to desist from public criticisms of Israel. He noted
: that the board had triggered the disciplinary action
: against him by making a formal complaint. The mayor also
: further inflamed his troubled relationship with the London
: Evening Standard by renewing his claim that its reporter
: Oliver Finegold swore at him during their confrontation
: in February last year.
: He said the board of deputies had exploited the issue.
: "Some time before this incident was blown out of all
: proportion the board of deputies asked to meet me to urge
: me to tone down my views on the Israeli government ... I
: think they saw this as an opportunity for them to try and
: hush me on it. It hasn't worked. This was used by the board
: of deputies as a surrogate argument around the wider issue
: of the Middle East."
: Turning to the Standard, he repeated his claim that Finegold
: swore at him, an allegation that was considered by the
: adjudication panel but not upheld: "If you listen to
: the tape I am being quite jocular at the start of it. It is
: only when the individual said 'I'm Jewish' as some sort of
: defence. I am afraid being Jewish is not a defence for bad
: behaviour on behalf of a journalist and I am not going to
: treat any journalist differently based on their religion or
: their race." He added: "He swore at me, turned
: and stormed off. That six seconds has been deleted from the
: tape."
: Jon Benjamin , for the board of deputies, said its officials
: did meet Mr Livingstone but it occurred a year before the
: confrontation with Finegold. "We were not the only
: ones to complain about Mr Livingstone's comments to Mr
: Finegold. They were criticised by the deputy mayor, Nicky
: Gavron , and the prime minister."
: A spokesman for the Standard said: "It is absolutely
: wrong to say that Oliver Finegold swore at Mr
: Livingstone."
: Mr Livingstone said he would fight through the courts despite
: potentially huge legal costs. "The fundamental issue
: is not whether or not I was 'insensitive'. It is the
: principle that those whom the people elect should only be
: removed by the people or because they have broken the
: law."
: "...Commenting on the suspension of London Mayor Ken
: Livingstone, Gilad Atzmon asks why the British are
: trashing their so-called democratic values for the sake of
: "one idiotic rude journalist who happens to be a
: Jew". He argues that Livingstone may be the victim of
: the paradox of Westerners feeling guilty at their own
: growing scorn for Israel and Zionism...."
: We are presented with a glimpse into the Jewish notion of
: brotherhood. Following the twisted logic of the Board of
: Deputies of British Jews, offending one Jew is an assault
: against the entire "chosen race" .
: Mayor Livingstone wasn't referring to the journalist as a
: Jew; he wasn't even equating the "Jews" with
: "concentration camp guards" . As a matter of
: fact, he was referring to a specific journalist - as an
: INDIVIDUAL - and reacting to his conduct....
: Not to speak out against this clear case of injustice would
: not only be wrong. It would ignore the threat it poses to
: us all! Moreover, watch the deliberate ongoing mixing-up of
: "Israeli" and "Jewish" affairs...
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