tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post114487883073246063..comments2024-03-28T09:14:52.110+00:00Comments on Sinclair's Musings: Blair's failure of leadershipMatthew Sinclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05948452770723874618noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-1145657197225155342006-04-21T23:06:00.000+01:002006-04-21T23:06:00.000+01:00The Evening Standard did not support the Blackshir...The Evening Standard did not support the Blackshirts (although it did support Ken Livingstone for Mayor of London).<BR/>The Daily Mail did support them for a very brief time in the 1930s, although this did not stop Ken Livingstone writing restaurant reviews for them.<BR/><BR/>I don't believe Livingstone's comments will damage race relations, but I do believe he is a hypocrite to pose as a martyr for free speech as he is the first to denounce other people as 'racist' or 'Islamophobic', he has not respected the freedom of the press or freedom of expression in cases of alleged 'Islamophobia' (eg. criticism of Yusuf al-Qaradawi) and he vocally supported the religious hatred law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21959228.post-1144937551960014822006-04-13T15:12:00.000+01:002006-04-13T15:12:00.000+01:00I would have to say that, as someone who campaigne...I would have to say that, as someone who campaigned for Dobson in 2000, I was not thrilled by the decision to re-admit Ken Livingstone. However, to be fair the people in question did have business links with the Iranian regime. Similarly, although I do think KL should have apologised for the remarks to the journalist he was correct in pointing out that they were the paper which backed the blackshirts and are a paper which is very anti-immigrant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com