Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Mayor's suspension put on hold
Ken Livingstone has won a reprieve from his four-week suspension. A High Court judge has ruled the mayor has the right to the freeze while going through the appeal process.
Mr Livingstone still believes what he said to Jewish reporter, Oliver Finegold, was right and refuses to give what would be an "insincere" apology. The mayor also said he would fight the suspension, even though it could end up costing thousands of pounds.
Having complained the incident has been "blown out of all proportion" the case rumbles on and promises to do so for a while to come. There are some who believe the initial decision by an unelected panel has turned the mayor into something of a martyr, despite the 'nazi' slur being highly regarded as fundamentally wrong.
You have to hand it to him, like all good (or bad, depending on the way you look at it) politicians, it would seem the mayor is turning a negative situation into a positive one.
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