"MIG" wrote in message

On 4 June, 11:46, wrote:
On Fri, 4 Jun 2010 11:42:21 +0100

"Recliner" wrote:
measly £1/day parking charge. At least Boris was sober and sensible
when he made his verbal attack; Ken was filmed often enough making
drunken outbursts that were hard to support (eg, anti-semitic).

Well thats true. Ken still hasn't had the balls to apologise for that
remark AFAIK.

No, it isn't true. Well, he may have made drunken outbursts, but the
"anti-semitic" accusation was rather contrived even if one didn't know
the character. Actually knowing his work makes it totally
ridiculous. It was Boris, not Ken, who scuppered the anti-racist
festival in London and has made dubious racial remarks.

I agree that Ken isn't really anti-semitic, but his virulent hatred of
the Daily Mail/Evening Standard meant that he rather lost control of
what he said when drunk (which seemed to happen quite often), leaving
himself wide open to such criticism. He was also keen on some rather
rum, not to say dangerous, characters.