Nothing has changed, the British hate Jews. They always have and always will as a national cause. This attitude is very pervasive in all of Europstan, they didn't even need the islamist Jew hatred. Jew killing has been a European continental sport before football was ever thought of.

I would have thought they would have promoted to be ambassador to Israel.

did this antisemite diplomat ever think he is insulting one of the top leadership of his country???? why couldn't he say f***k israel only? why did he have to also say f***k the jews? what do the jews everywhere in the world have to do with idf action, even though this action was long overdue and finally necessary to stop hamas violence.

I hope he is sentenced to serve the seven year maximum prison term. Keep in mind he is not just an ordinary man-in-the-street anti-Semite. He is an officer in the U.K.'s Foreign Ministry. If he does go to prison, it will be because he embarrassed the U.K., not because of the content of his rant. But I'll settle for that. I'm sure seven years in a tough U.K. prison will make him a changed man.

"hate talk" can go many ways--being uspended bfrom his job makes sense--since he publicly represented the foreign Office--but prosecuting someone for what he says smacks of totalitarianism--Lewt those insulted sock him in the nose (I know I probably would have)--but this whole idea of "hate speech" is to protect others fromn having their feeoings hurt--a stupid proposition and part of the slippery slope toward un-freedom.

I sent an email to the British Foreign Office to voice my dissatisfaction with the performance of this individual. All concerned Brits should do likewise to keep up the pressure.

These people don't even know their World and Biblical History.Palestine is the Promised Land, people! This is an everlasting possession of the Jewish people.Bunch of ignorant people on this planet earth. I hope God won't send another plaque and great fire there.

The reason why he also had to say "F--k the Jews" was because, contrary to their assertions that they're only anti-Israeli, people like this racist scumbag are, in reality, full-blown anti-Semites.

Nice diplomacy skills from this F***ing A**hole Laxton. Wonder what his diplomatic response was after the terror attack on Glasgow airport? Could it have been F***ing Pakis, F***ing Muslims? Pakistan should be "wiped off the map?" Laxton not only should be suspended from the diplomatic corps, he should also be deported to Gaza and become a diplomat for his friends in Hamas. F***ing anti-semite! F***ing Limey!

The problem with "hate speech" legislation not limited to incitement to violence or insurrection is that it restricts free inquiry and criticism. We see that, for example, in the disgraceful prosecutions of Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn in Canada before the "Human Rights" tribunals. What Laxton said simply shouldn't be acceptable in civil discourse. He should have been sacked if he didn't immediately resign. Apologies don't cut it. And suspensions, which often come "with pay", often serve as an attempt to ride out the outrage until it blows over.

To #2 Gee, in ZY You should be surprised. Actually the specifics on the formal charge sheet against Laxton allude to: "Insufficient invective and mumbled soto voce verbal expostulations whilst mentioning those of the incorrect side of the Abrahamic faith; bringing ill repute on the United Kingdom' s committment towards ferreting out the Jew, wherever he may be found on our green and tranquil island." Laxton has been cautioned both in writing and verbally, with particular castigation from the other members of his Gentlemen's Club during last week's "Dress up like Donna Summer (or your favorite woman personality) bi-annual, bi-sexual bash.

David Milliband is probably the most anti Israel member of the cabinet.

Fire them, expel them, jail them when they express their opinions against Jewish occupation in Palestine and others they'll shut up and may cry or apologize later and on TV to humiliate them and intimate others that freedom of speech works all the time except when it comes to Israel and its occupation and terror in Palestine.

He wont change, maybe become quieter thats all. Bubba will calm him down.

Suspending him for anti-Semitic comments , is only going to fuel more hatred against Jews in general. His mouth gave him away; that was enough. Making an example of him is overkill. He has no power to incite.

True, " If swearing at a people is crime, milions end up in jail." but this is a public figure. Even the more-so, a foreign minister. How can nations respect each other when the public offices are full of hate? have politicians learned nothing from WW2? Why do you think there is conflict in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran? Religious essentialism, which is exactly what Anti-antisemitism or any form of prejudice shows.

Lol sarah. it is well known that British jails are better than a 5-star Hotel.... or so I'm told. even the wives can spend the weekends with hubbies in their cells. They come out pregnant, and Britain has to feed the hundreds of little mouths... rather thousands of little mouths. It's such a shame for these innocent babies. British jails are truly a haven, or so I've been told from a former Imate.

representitives don't think that, even though we suffer directly from terror in israel. anyway, arabs occupied this land, jews re-occupied this land, since they were here before the arabs and throughout history, but you, my dear, definitely reside on indian soil

just look at CNN and the BBC.

was passed at muslim insistence to prevent "hate speech" against them.... guess they wish it had been drafted differently now.

I'm curious, do the antisemitic television shows and other propaganda pieces in the arab world bother you? Is that also what you call "free speech?" Unfortunately, the systematic brainwashing of arab children by hamass smacks of child abuse. Does that bug you as well, or is your hate only towards Jews and suppression of the Jewish voice?

Look people, he wasn't suspended because of what he said, but because he did it in public and got caught. This *is* the UK Foreign Office you know...

What the hell is this c**p you're yakking? Israeli Arabs routinely demonstrate against Israel, they express sympathy to their Palestinians brothers in their "resistance" even if that "resistance" includes shooting missiles at Israeli towns and blowing themselves up in Israeli buses and restaurants. Nobody arrests them merely for speaking up. Even their representatives in the Knesset, the Israeli parliament - express themselves virulently against their own state, and visit enemy countries to encourage their struggle against Israel. Can you imagine a US senator visiting Ahmadinejad or Bin Laden, and offering support? Israeli Arabs even take an active part in terrorist attacks against Israeli Jews, as witnessed plenty of times in recent years. As for expelling - nobody expelled any Palestinians or Israeli-Arabs in Israel. The only expulsion was the expulsion of Jews from their homes in Gush Katif, in the hope the Palestinians would appreciate this gesture and make peace with us. Like hell they did, giving us instead thousands of rockets. Under the assumption you are not an Israel-hater who is oblivious to facts - I hope you are now much better informed.

What makes his disgusting outburst even more appalling is the fact that he obviously felt quite comfortable expressing his hatred in that particular setting. It kind of reminds me of a radio talk show host in New York who once said these people are actually rank cowards because you'd never see a white supremacist spewing his anti-black venom in the middle of Harlem, or a neo-Nazi spewing his Jew-hatred at a commando training camp in Israel.

British civil service who simply were not caught expressing the very same feeling...?? If the BBC and the Guardian are any indications, many, many in Britain and especially members of the "progressive" and "enlightened" cicles, and now government employees subscribing to this form of racism are all over the board there.

There are three arguments, three “reasons”, a new logic to “justify” anti-Semitism: 1.denial of the Holocaust, 2. the competition of victimhood, and 3. The demonization of Israel. If you put the three together, you have the portrait of a people, a community, who are guilty of three crimes. Which is the crime of being crooks, moral crooks, inventing or exaggerating their own martyrdom, doing that in order to overshadow others’ martyrdom, and the whole thing in the interest of an illegitimate and deeply guilty state, which is Israel. If you can put it into the brain of some people that Jews are people who exaggerate their martyrdom, who therefore [minimize] the martyrdom of other people, all this with the sole selfish aim of saving Israel, you give to some people some new motives, arguments, reasons for feeding the old hatred. Anti-Semitism nowadays : http://xrl.us/kw6hh

This public servant went beyond freedom of speech. His emotional and hateful rants against Jews and Israelis were so alarming to people in the gym that they called the police to report and subdue him. You should not be proud to support this behavior.