Irving is a nasty piece of work

While I maintain that jailing David Irving for his views is not the best thing to do, it is useful to remember how loathsome he is. In case anyone thinks his Holocaust denial is not due to anti-semitism read his latest statements:

* Jews hold far too much power and predicted their disproportionate control in the US would see a second Holocaust “in 20 to 30 years”.

* It is part of the human condition to dislike Jews

At least his family show themselves a higher class of human being. His brother is chairman of Wiltshire Racial Equality Council (and converted to Islam in 1981). And Irving’s 12 year old daughter carries around The Diary of Anne Frank to express her disagreement for her father’s views.