The Standard has hated Red Ken ever since he invited Gerry Adams to London in the early 80s and declared his support for Troops Out - maybe not purely 'since' that incident, but overnight he went from comedy Marxist who couldn't sort out the traffic lights (but could put on free Rock Against Racism gigs with Hawkwind and Vera Lynn in Victoria Park) to evil maniac intent on destroying Britain.
It's just bad luck that the journo happened to be Jewish, but if a paper slagged you off for 20 years+, including getting hacks to case your street in the hope of uncovering the fact that - good Lord, you had sexual contact with someone - wouldn't you blow up at some point too? Having said that, he's lost a lot of his bite, he used to be way more left.