Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Livingstone and AlGathafi

Two remarkable things in today's Guardian.

In the letters page, Ken Livingstone says Fidel Castro would be an 'honoured' guest if he were to come to London, but he's not

In order for me to perform a U-turn on inviting Fidel Castro to London (Diary, March 1), I would first have had to invite him. Of course, if Castro came to London he would be an honoured guest.

Ken Livingstone, London mayor



And Muammar AlGathafi on p.4 has taken out a full page advertisement arguing that expanding the UN Security Council will be a disaster ('It is obviously a problem') and instead the General Assembly should be strengthened. A copy is here.