Lynne's Parliament and Haringey diary

More at the Assembly today on Livingstone's rant at an Evening Standard reporter ("What did you do before? Were you a German war criminal? ... You are just like a concentration camp guard"). The Assembly voted unanimously to condemn him. Remarkably Ken didn't even see fit to apologise for his comments.

You can read his comments in full on the Standard website - they are so over the top that if they'd not been caught on tape I think many people would have doubted their accuracy.

Bizarre footnote: Ken claimed that anyone who worked for the Standard deserved criticism. Now guess which newspaper Ken used to write restaurant reviews for...