First hour news review: Interview with Ken Livingstone: Hitler using Zionism to get Jews out of Germany is historically accurate; Corbynâs health â ages of other top politicians; Chris Williamson â what he said wasnât anti-Semitic; Israel Embassy interfering â all Embassies interfere; Jewish Labour MPs never complained of anti-Semitism; Ken as head of GLC in 1980s; press constantly attacking Ken; Fares Fare in 1980s; In the early 1980s, the Greater London Council under Ken Livingston slashed fares and began to move towards free public transport. The policy was backed by 71 per cent of Londoners, but was destroyed by the Thatcher government and the Law Lords, backed by the car, haulage and oil industries. Congestion charges; free public transport? London house prices â council housing needs to be built; Thatcher, Clinton and deregulation of financial sector; education and knife crime; âIf Voting Changed Anything Theyâd Abolish Itâ - Kenâs book; lengths certain rich and powerful will go to prevent socialism; Boris Johnson as London Mayor; Borisâs Bridge and £40m disappeared; expansion of Heathrow; £5bn given for council housing in London â Boris didnât do it; Ken Livingstone says he would have been given £5bn by the government to build council housing if he had won that election, but claims Boris Johnson was baffled by the idea of building rental homes. Was media good at reporting how Boris and Ken did as London Mayors? Brexit and immigration in London; how to change money system.
PMQs Corbyn â danger of No Deal Brexit; a second referendum? Fabian Breckles went to Israel/Palestine â peace strategies there and Gaza;
Jeremy Hunt, when visiting Auschwitz, says Jeremy Corbyn is anti- Semitic Corbyn supporters accuse Jeremy Hunt of implying Labour leader is the next Hitler with Auschwitz comments - Tory leadership candidate linked visit to the Nazi death camp to Labours antisemitism crisis - Roma rights group slams Hunt for linking Corbyn to the Holocaust - The European Roma Rights Centre said the Tory party leadership contender should review his partyâs own track record on racism