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A misuse of power to suspend Ken
• As the person who was instrumental in bringing the
Anne Frank exhibition, the Anne Frank Declaration and the play
about Anne Frank and her stepsister Eva Shloss to City Hall
I am appalled by the decision of a un-elected panel to suspended
the Mayor of one of the world’s great cities.
Most of my Jewish friends including Anne Frank’s step-sister
Eva Schloss, an Aushwitz survivor, are great admirers of Mr
Livingstone’s work to tackle racist and anti-semitic attitudes
in our society.
I remember during a showing of the play about Eva and Anne Frank
at City Hall last year Ken was visibly moved. His work to bring
divided communities together through friendship and dialogue
is commendable. So to allege that Ken Livingstone is anti-semitic
is in my opinion a great injustice to a man who has devoted
much of his political career to fighting the hate merchants.
There are many things one could attack the Mayor on and I have
done so myself in the past, although he has proven time and
time again he was right and we were wrong – congestion
charging and the Oyster card scheme being two examples, but
to say he is anti-semetic because of an ill-judged remark to
a Jewish journalist and to suspend him for it is a real misuse
of power.
It is the three people on the standards panel who took this
ridiculous decision who should be suspended and not Ken Livingstone.
Nic Careem
Falkland Road
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