Mayor Livingstone v. Finegold and The Evening Standard
Irrational elements within the press are fond of maligning Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London. Livingstone has many flaws, among them political opportunism, but he tends towards progressive causes. He has made very many enemies with his courageous environmental policy, and his support for the Palestinian cause.
The favourite tactic of anti-Palestinians is to label those who disagree with them as ‘anti-Semites’, i.e. racists who hate Jewish people. We have personal experience of this. Mayor Livingstone has too. (more…)