"The mayor's statement was one of the best speeches I have heard in years."
The DUmmies have the same opinion of the speech, but for different reasons. They are elated by the fact that he referred to the attack as "mass murder" and not a terrorist attack against London.
Their ideology actually allows them to distinguish between and to feel better about mass murder than terrorism.
My take on this, and I lived in London for many years is that Livingstone is two things. He's a stalinist headcase, but he's also a Londoner. You were hearing the latter today.