Jarvis Cocker, Saint Etienne, The Futureheads and Billy Bragg are among the c'lebs voicing their support for London mayor Ken Livingstone, who was last week suspended from his position for four weeks after a local government standards committee ruled he had brought his office into disrepute by comparing a journalist with a Nazi concentration camp guard.
An open letter in support of Ken, who plans to appeal the decision, has been signed by a load of famous people and reads thus: "This is the second time Ken Livingstone has been removed from the elected leadership of London government by people who have no mandate from Londoners. The first time was by Margaret Thatcher and now by this quango. It is astonishing that in a modern democracy an election can be overturned by three people who no one has ever heard of and who have not been elected by anyone. It is an outrage against democracy and it should be removed immediately."
They're right you know.