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Livingstones got form with this sort of thing.

I'm not sure if he's trolling or just utterly tone deaf to the nonsense that dribbles out of his mouth. Or maybe, occams razor and all, he really just is a bigot.

Oh, and I'm presuming the 'Hitler supported Zionism' thing refers to the Madagascar plan. It was some wheeze where European Jewry would be (forcibly) relocated. Like a lot of Nazi grand plans it was an utter fantasy and theres very, very good reasons why they never even tried it.

Good riddance to him - the mans an embarrassment. I just hope hes not allowed to quietly rejoin labour after a token 6 month suspension or something.

Also - agreed with Ketaras post entirely. Well put sir.

I just find it a little odd that of all the troubled places in the world, an ongoing dispute between two small levantine states gets SO much attention.

Some background for the non UK posters - the Labour party have had a steady drip drip drip of similar incidents recently. Councillors, advisors, an MP, and now the ex Mayor of London -- all posting gak on facebook, shooting their mouth in interviews, etc. It's troubling (to put it mildly) that a mainstream political party seems to have attracted so many cranks and nutters.

 Do_I_Not_Like_That wrote:

Historically, this has always been a problem for the left, but in recent years, with everybody occupying the centre ground, and politics being so PR managed, I honestly thought the issue had been long forgotten.

If anything, I'd say its gotten worse in recent years. This is a party with, after all, a long and proud history of opposing bigotry.

Anyway, Livingstones a fool. A smug fool. I really hope this ends his involvement in politics.

Bringing the thread back on subject, here's a concise summary from Antony Beevor re: Hitler and Zionism.

https://twitter.com/Channel4News/status/725709944863903744