Ken Livingstone has stood by his recent comments about Hitler, saying he was "not sorry for telling the truth".
He said he "regretted" the disruption his comments had caused but "I believe what I said is true".
The former London mayor was suspended from the Labour party on Thursday after saying Hitler had supported Zionism in the 1930s.
He made the comments while defending Labour MP Naz Shah over accusations she was anti-Semitic.
During an interview on LBC, Mr Livingstone repeatedly refused to apologise for making the comments, saying he was sorry if his views had upset Jewish people but he had simply made a "statement of fact" that had also been made by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Full story...
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He said he "regretted" the disruption his comments had caused but "I believe what I said is true".
The former London mayor was suspended from the Labour party on Thursday after saying Hitler had supported Zionism in the 1930s.
He made the comments while defending Labour MP Naz Shah over accusations she was anti-Semitic.
During an interview on LBC, Mr Livingstone repeatedly refused to apologise for making the comments, saying he was sorry if his views had upset Jewish people but he had simply made a "statement of fact" that had also been made by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Full story...
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