Ken livingstone hitler comments on socialism

Labour stalwart Ken Livingstone has refused to say sorry for saying Adolf Hitler supported Zionism.

In an interview with London-based radio station LBC, Livingstone repeatedly refused to apologise, but did say he regretted making the comments which led to his suspension from Labour Party.

Ken Livingstone says he was “stating a historical fact” when he said Adolf Hitler 'was supporting Zionism”.

Livingstone was suspended by the Labour Party in and quit last year over comments about Hitler and Zionism.

Ken Livingstone persists in mangling facts to suit his argument in his continued attempt to defend his comments on Hitler and Zionism.

The idea that Hitler ever wanted a fully-functioning successful Jewish state in Palestine – the dream of Zionists – is ludicrous, as Mr Livingstone undoubtedly.

Ken Livingstone, the former Mayor of London and a long-standing prominent figure on the British left, has now repeated the myth of Nazi support for Zionism.

In his first interview since making the comments Livingstone was grilled by former Conservative Cabinet minister David Mellor and Channel 4 journalist Michael Crick. He did apologise if his comments had caused "any offence" but said that the furore over the his assertion that in 1932 Hitler had planned to send Jews to Israel was not "about anti-Semitism" but "embittered Blairites" in his party.

"If you look at what this is all about, it's not about anti-Semitism in the Labour party," he told LBC.

"What this is all about is the struggle of the emitted old Blairite MPs to try and get rid of Jeremy Corbyn. They've whipped th