Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstoneis an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Councilfrom 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliamentfor Brent East from 1987 to 2001. A suspended member of the Labour Party, he was on the party's hard left, ideologically identifying as a democratic socialist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 June 1945
gdp four pay
Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.
people alive mets
I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.
running baby sleep
Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby.
balanced prepared budgets
Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced.
views order levels
I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.
humour refuse
I refuse not to have a sense of humour.
privilege favour
I never came into life with any favours or privileges.
clever kids men
I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.
want moron ghastly
Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster.
kids parent
Most kids dont get to go their parents wedding.
suicide government bombers
I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy.
london needs desperate
There is now a desperate need for a London-wide left caucus of those interested in the GLC and local councils so that we can compare and discuss what is happening in each borough.
people politics waste
Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you
quality way climate
To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live