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
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These excellent GCSE results are positive news for parents and children and London as a whole.
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I want to try and create an administration which will be all-encompassing, reach across parties and try to achieve a position where the new (Greater London Assembly) speaks with one voice,
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I am proud to announce that London has successfully bid to host the Grand Depart of the Tour de France in July 2007.
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I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.
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I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights.
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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.
I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.
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Property is so dear, the only way to provide parking is to reduce the space.
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