Ken Livingstone has been suspended by the Labour party after plonking himself firmly at the centre of the anti-Semitism row by once again stepping in to defend Naz Shah. The former London mayor said the Labour MP’s remarks were ‘over-the-top but they were not anti-Semitic’. During his interview with Vanessa Feltz, he added:
‘Let’s remember when Hitler won his election in 1932, his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism and this was before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews.’
Next up for Ken was the Daily Politics show, in which he tried again to defend his remarks. Ken told Andrew Neil:
‘I’ve seen nothing to suggest to me that she is anti-Semitic. In 47 years in the party, I have never heard anyone say anything anti-Semitic. There is not a problem. That is a handful in a party of half-a-million.’
After being confronted by John Mann, Ken was then slammed by the Labour MP on the Daily Politics.
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