The Suecophile British Labour MP
Martin Linton, who hosted the opening dinner of the
2008 Nordic Translation Conference which spotlighted the work of many literary translators from Scandinavian languages, has
publicly apologized for saying that “There are long tentacles of Israel in this country who are funding election campaigns and putting money into the British political system for their own ends.” Melanie Phillips, writing in the
Spectator, has some
commentary.