 Ken Livingstone was suspended on full salary as London mayor for a month as of yesterday for likening a Jewish newspaper reporter to a Nazi concentration camp guard.
Once again, some basic human elementary liberties are sacrificed in defence of Jewish dignity. And the question to be asked is why do we surrender our elementary rights so easily? Why did a UK governmental watchdog suspend the democratically elected Mayor of London just for hurting the feelings of a journalist, who happens to be a Jew?
Indeed the Mayor was absolutely correct when expressing his outrage, "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," and went on to say, “Three members of a body that no-one has ever elected should not be allowed to overturn the votes of millions of Londoners." My dearest Mayor, you are probably right, those three individuals do not express the will of the people. British Democracy indeed suffered a massive slam. Yet, as you should have learned by now, Jewish interests and sensitivities are extra-judicial. Moreover, they stand far above any recognised democratic order.
Seemingly, the Mayor was pretty good in his job. Londoners love their Mayor, they re-elected him for a second term and probably will do the same for a third. Not only that, the Mayor is absolutely great at his job, as well as being a fabulous educator. At a time when PM Blair does his utmost to advance the so-called ‘cultural clash’ into a state of a world war, it is Mayor Livingstone who spreads a message of peace and hope. A few months back, when London was hit by a devastating wave of terror, it was Livingstone who stood up, spreading a message of reconciliation and love. Seemingly, it is Ken Livingstone, the one and only UK politician who has managed to internalise the real meaning of multi-ethnicity and cultural pluralism. Being who he is, and saying what he says, the Mayor indeed made very many enemies for himself within the rapidly darkening world of British politics.
Yet, the Mayor enjoys the support of the people. I am totally convinced that Londoners will raise the necessary questions: Why exactly has their Mayor been suspended? Did he commit a crime? If he did, what exactly was that crime? Those Londoners who are still capable of critical ideological thinking may wonder why we are trashing our so-called democratic values for one idiotic rude journalist who happened to be a Jew.
While British Jewish leaders complain about the emerging anti-Semitism within the UK, in general, I would suggest to them to be twice as concerned about their latest victory.
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