Livingstone suspension is outrageous

Stephen7372

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Tony Woodley, General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, described today’s decision to suspend Ken Livingstone from office as Mayor of London for four weeks as "outrageous":

"It is outrageous that an unelected body of three men has deprived seven million Londoners of their elected Mayor for four weeks. Whilst many had wanted Ken Livingstone to apologise, suspension for such a long period seems to me to be totally disproportionate and serves no other purpose than to disrupt the work of the Authority at a time when London needs it most. This harsh sanction hasn't been made in the interests of Londoners and is a menace to democracy. We will support London’s Mayor in whatever measures he may take to challenge this scandal.”


 
Don't really think he'll be missed for 4 weeks & I certainly won't feel deprived. It's the least they could have done to him:)
 
It does seem very silly to me. Either fine him, or get the GLA to vote on keeping him/replacing him/having a re-election, but to just suspend him seems pointless.
 
As I said in Speaker's corner, if they feel that strongly, why don't they allow regular voting on the mayor's performance and policies?

It is not undemocractic to take action when so called democracy does not give people a voice.

If they want a democractic response, they could always put his actions to a public vote. I wouldn't mind seeing the reactions of londoners to some of the things that Red Ken has done over the last year or so.
 
JohnnyG said:
Don't really think he'll be missed for 4 weeks & I certainly won't feel deprived. It's the least they could have done to him:)
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What Mr Livingstone said was entirely correct. I'm sick to death of nobody being able to say anything against the Jews, whom havefought an illegal war against the entirely innocent Palestinians on the back of the Holocaust. In case you hadn't realised the Palestinians did gas the Jews.
 
I'd move back to London just to vote against Ken for some of his strange transport policies, if I had the chance to. ;)
 
Stephen7372 said:
What Mr Livingstone said was entirely correct. I'm sick to death of nobody being able to say anything against the Jews, whom havefought an illegal war against the entirely innocent Palestinians on the back of the Holocaust. In case you hadn't realised the Palestinians did gas the Jews.
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He didn't say anything against the Jews, he insulted someone, the Mayor of London shouldn't be doing that:)
 
Weebull said:
I'd move back to London just to vote against Ken for some of his strange transport policies, if I had the chance to. ;)
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London would be a much better place without Ken tbh. He won't be missed throughout his suspension though nothing will change even if he isn't suspended.
 
JohnnyG said:
He didn't say anything against the Jews, he insulted someone, the Mayor of London shouldn't be doing that:)
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The Mayor was insulted by the scum journalists, he should be able to stick up for himself. The reason he has been suspended is because he insulted a Jew.
 
Please take care with your comments, as they are misleading. Jews are not fighting a War, the State of Israel is fighting a War. The two are not the same, thank you very much.

I also agree the suspension is outrageous. I, and many others, laughed at his comments, and took no offense, as there was nothing to be offended by. I am greatly shocked he has been suspended. I find it very worrying that uttering a few words has produced this effect. I worry for the Country, I really do.
 
Stephen7372 said:
The Mayor was insulted by the scum journalists, he should be able to stick up for himself. The reason he has been suspended is because he insulted a Jew.
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So the Mayor should be allowed to be deliberately offensive to people without any comeback?

How do you work that out?

He's been suspended for being deliberately offensive by comparing a jewish reporter to a concentration camp guard, then refusing to acknowledge that what he said my have not been appropriate.

That would certainly qualify as bringing the mayors office into disrepute for me.
 
tzang said:
London would be a much better place without Ken tbh. He won't be missed throughout his suspension though nothing will change even if he isn't suspended.
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Hmm. The trouble is, although I was too young to actually vote in the only mayoral election I was in London for, there really didn't seem to be that great a selection of people to choose from, and it wasn't much better last time either. Ken isn't an awful choice imo, but he does kind of end up being the best of a bad bunch given who he runs against.

It's mainly just his apparent irrational hatred of cars that annoys me though. The buses are kept fairly cheap admittedly, and I don't completely disagree with the congestion charge, but things like shoving speed bumps absolutely everywhere, extending the congestion charge because it doesn't make enough money*, messing with road routes to further screw up drivers, and the extortionate tube prices are all shoddy policies or lack of for me.

*I don't get this either. If the congestion charge isn't making enough money, surely that means it's doing its job, and people aren't driving in to the centre? You just can't win with it really.
 
Have you heard the adverts on radio for the TFL & CC? They're really funny with some catchy jingles, very odd...
 
Weebull said:
I'd move back to London just to vote against Ken for some of his strange transport policies, if I had the chance to. ;)
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I agree. The decrease in congestion and the improvemnets in public transport DISGUST me.



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Yes, because I didn't provide a longer and more detailed response to my feelings on that subject a few posts later.

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Visage said:
I agree. The decrease in congestion and the improvemnets in public transport DISGUST me.
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Are there really improvements to public transport, I never use it so wouldn't know:)
 
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