Mayor Ken Livingstone concentration camp comments row

LS Livingstone standing behind podium at his monthly news conference MS Livingstone speaking TGV press LS Livingstone CMS Livingstone LS Ahmed asking question about remarks he made to Finegold ZOOM IN SOT Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London) press conference SOT - You may think my remarks to that reporter, and many others over the years, offensive/ That's purely a matter of judgement/ If you think they're racist, I think you're wrong/ It's very easy for me to buy off media pressure by lying, I'm not going to do it GV press as anonymous journalist is heard asking question SOT (2 SHOTS) - Does it not worry you that people who know nothing about your history with the newspaper are genuinely offended by what you said Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London) press conference SOT - I share the pain they feel/ The way this story has been whipped up, and giving legs, which is wholly inappropriate/ It's quite clear it was orchestrated by the Evening Standard who didn't run with the story immediately, but put a lot of work into just going mad and splashing it across the front page/ One wonders in what way this overlaps the response given to Labour's election posters/ I saw the two posters and idea that the 'pigs might fly' poster was anti-semitic is nonsense CMS Livingstone and journalist as anonymous reporter is heard asking question SOT - Why didn't you just answer the reporter Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London) press conference SOT - I saw a reporter behaving offensively, I made that clear/ I moved on/ It's your group of papers who think this is a big issue/ If being rude to reporters was made a crime, I'd have to ask for two or three hundred previous offences to be taken into consideration TGV press as anonymous reporter is heard asking question SOT - Is there anything about this whole row that you regret Ken Livingstone (Mayor of London) press conference SOT - The only thing I regret is this, although, uniquely we have s...