[BW2221]

The page you posted can't be found, but I think I know what you are talking about. "Red Ken" is loony, but I'll defend his right to "proudly proclaim his ignorance to the world" as one of my old high school teachers used to say.

The reporter probably hacked him off, as journalists usually do. If the people of London don't like it, they can vote him out.

[Savage Beast]

Hahahahaha! Mencken's funny. To paraphrase:

The trouble with PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels--viz., the "environmentalists" and their "charities".