Not content with slandering a Jewish journalist (for which he is still fending off a one-month suspension), Ken Livingstone appears to be still studying hard at the George Galloway School Of Diplomacy.
The other day, he alleged that the current US Ambassador to London is a "chiselling little crook". This is over a dispute between the Mayor's office and the US Embassy in London over the failure of the embassy to pay the London Congestion Charge for vehicles driven into central London. The embassy justifies the refusal to pay on the grounds that the charge is a tax, and by diplomatic convention, embassies do not pay taxes. The Mayor's office believes that it is a fee (like parking tools or road tolls) that should be paid.
Despite the entertaining nature of Ken's language, he is danger of becoming a less stylish parody of Gorgeous George at this rate. He needs to engage his brain more often before opening his mouth.