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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I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically.
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I can't understand why anyone would want to live the life of a politician if you can't say pretty much what you think. You are not in it for the money: there's unremitting pressure on your life, you give up so much of your privacy. It can only be because of the things you want to do and the things you want to say.
I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear.
I would like all newspapers to become workers' co-operatives.
Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person.
The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.
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The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says.
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There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional.
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Well, I get on with people who believe in something.
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Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
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My only regret is the media's obsession with the past.
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Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for.
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When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.