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Leave Ken Alone

By The Daily Dish
Feb 24 2006, 2:53 AM ET

The mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, is suspended for a few weeks because he said something vile and inappropriate to a reporter? Who has that power? I had no idea that in England, democracy is really a veil for a bunch of unelected prissy tut-tutters to pick who can and cannot govern. Here's Sharia law from the Jewish lobby in England:

"The London Jewish Forum welcomed the ruling, with chairman Adrian Cohen calling for the mayor to create a strategy which would ensure London's Jews would be treated with respect."

Screw that and screw them. Just do your job. And if you don't show enough "respect" for the voters, they can always throw you out of office.



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