Catherine Bennett on Ken Livingstone (scroll down):
But since there seems to be no such thing as unmayoral language, there is every reason for all Londoners to embrace the vigorous, Livingstonian debating style, starting with a forcefully worded email. My new, April copy of the Londoner, a promotional publication all about Ken, urges us to put our views to Ken. "There are many ways to tell him what you think," says the letters page. Indeed there are.And that's the point. Quite apart from other concerns about this latest episode, the man obviously has no regard for what the duties of his office might call for in the way of civil conduct or, you know, good manners.