Ken Livingstone’s crass comments about Hitler and Zionism

Ken Livingstone leaves TV studios in Westminster after giving an interview following his suspension from the Labour party in April 2016. He resigned from the party two years later, in May 2018. Photograph: i-Images

In his letter (27 July) Ken Livingstone writes “The simple fact is I never said Hitler was a Zionist … and I never made crass Nazi comments”.

Crass Nazi comments such as “he [Hitler] was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews” can still be heard coming out of his mouth in video and audio clips on the Guardian website.

That Livingstone regularly repeated, refused to retract yet remained in the party until his resignation over two years later is just one of the reasons that I and many others left what had sadly become more of a pantomime than a party.
Susan Bailey
Kings Langley, Hertfordshire