Ken Livingstone could soon find himself booted out of Labour for good if the party ever gets its act together to deal with his suspension. So it Ken sorry? Not a bit. The former mayor of London told LBC this morning that the anti-Semitism row was a ‘complete diversion’ and insisted it wouldn’t damage the party on May 3rd. What’s more, despite still being suspended, Ken is representing Labour on the doorstep – by campaigning in his local constituency.
Still, at least Ken has said he does have some regrets – but Mr S was surprised to hear these didn’t relate to his comments about Hitler. Instead Livingstone said his big mistake was not putting himself forward as an MP after being booted out of City Hall by Boris in 2008:‘Looking back, the mistake I made was when I lost the election to Boris in 2008, I should have stood and got back into Parliament in 2010.
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