I’ll admit, I’ve often been in favour of London’s Mayor, Ken Livingstone.
His transport policies including congestion charge, seem to be working for London, and I had to feel a bit of sympathy when the Evening Standard set him up. What I admire even more is that he stands by the courage of his convictions, which is unsual for anyone on the left these days.

But suddenly, he’s gone mental! Trevor Phillips, head of the Commission for Racial Equality, seemed to have his finger surprisingly on the pulse when he said that:

… mass immigration was changing the face of Britain, and that the costs of it could no longer be ignored. In a series of controversial statements, Mr Phillips has also criticised multiculturalism, said that Muslims who want Sharia (Muslim law) should leave Britain and that Britain is “sleepwalking to segregation” between its ethnic communities.

Well, this we already know. And the response?

Ken Livingstone has accused Trevor Phillips, Britain’s race equality chief, of becoming so right wing that he could “join the BNP”.

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