First he admitted to smoking crack cocaine, now Canada’s most notorious mayor has been exposed in a new video ranting in anger and swearing profusely as he apparently threatens to murder someone.<br /><br />Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, the country’s largest city, has apologised.<br /><br />A campaign to remove him from office is growing.<br /><br />The blurry, 80-second clip, posted on the Toronto Star’s website and shown on Canadian television, shows a clearly agitated Ford ranting and pounding his hands together, while at least one other person seems to goad him on. <br /><br />The context of the video is unclear, as is the target of his expletive-filled outburst.<br /><br />He shouts that he is going to kill someone and “rip his throat out” and poke out his eyes.<br /><br />Following the publication, a subdued mayor appeared before the press.<br /><br />“It’s extremely embarrassing. The whole world is going to see it. You know what, I don’t have a problem with that, but it’s extremely embarrassing,” he said. “Obviously I was extremely, extremely inebriated.”<br /><br />Rob Ford, who has admitted having a drink problem, has vowed to stay in office and run for re-election despite calls for him to resign.<br /><br />Police have refused to release the crack cocaine video, saying it is evidence before the courts.
