“greatest threat to life on planet”
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Ken Livingstone
Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as the first mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. He is a former member of the Labour Party, ideologically identifying…
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politics · English politician (born 1945) · politician · autobiographer · broadcaster · also Ken Livingstone, Kenneth Robert Livingstone, Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone, Livingstone
Born 17 June 1945 · Q220723
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2026· 3 entries
“I was a monetarist right from the beginning when I was leader of the GLC. We paid down debt every year. We had an absolutely firm rule.”
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“well-orchestrated campaign by the Israel lobby to smear anybody who criticises Israeli policy as antisemitic”
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2017· 2 entries
The Forward: Ken Livingstone
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“how can the truth be an offence?”
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2015· 1 entry
As "rude and over-the-top" but not antisemitic, adding that he had never encountered antisemitism in Labour
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2012· 1 entry
Campaign: 2012 mayoral election.
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2008· 3 entries
Autoblog: Ken Livingstone is Mayor of London no more!
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BBC reporter Andrew Hosken noted that although most of Livingstone's GLC administration's policies were ultimately a failure, its role in helping change social attitudes towards women and minorities in London remained it
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“Oddly enough, it is a small family wedding and I know he”
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2007· 1 entry
Stated that "I still believe one day that the idea that the main means of production are owned by private individuals
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2005· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (2005–2008).
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2004· 1 entry
Expanded his transport policies, introduced new environmental regulations, and enacted civil rights reforms
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2002· 2 entries
Promoted six of his senior aides, resulting in allegations of cronyism from Assembly members
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Livingstone came out in support of a proposal for the 2012 Olympic Games to be held in London
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2001· 1 entry
Set up the London Partnership Register, Britain's first register for same-sex couples; while falling short of legal marriage rights, the register was seen as a step towards the Civil Partnership Act 2004
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2000· 6 entries
Livingstone had also fathered three children prior to 2000; a boy by one mother and two girls by another.
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That Livingstone could only be defined as a Kennist
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Career landmark: apology to the House of Commons.
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Career landmark: member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (2000–2001).
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Career landmark: Mayor of London (2000–2008).
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Highlighting falling crime rates during his mayorship
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1997· 2 entries
Was re-elected to the NEC, beating Mandelson to the position
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Career landmark: member of the 52nd Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997–2000).
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1996· 1 entry
Warned of the growing influence of spin doctors in the party, and called for Blair to sack Alastair Campbell after a High Court judge criticised Campbell in a libel trial
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1995· 1 entry
Livingstone was invited to appear on the track "Ernold Same" by the band Blur
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1992· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom (1992–1997).
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1990· 2 entries
BBC show The Comic Strip produced an episode entitled "GLC: The Carnage Continues
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“GLC: The Carnage Continues...”
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1989· 1 entry
Unwin Hyman published his second book, Livingstone's Labour: A Programme for the 90s, in which he expressed his views on a variety of issues, while that same year he was employed to promote Red Leicester cheese in advert
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1987· 3 entries
Career landmark: member of the 50th Parliament of the United Kingdom (1987–1992).
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Authored an autobiography for HarperCollins, If Voting Changed Anything They'd Abolish It, wrote articles for the London Daily News, stood in for BBC Radio 2 disk-jockey Jimmy Young, and served as a judge for that yea
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Became closely associated with anti-racist campaigns
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1986· 1 entry
And as the first mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008
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1985· 7 entries
“Traducción: "Solo un idiota deshumanizado prescindiría del Routemaster.”
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After Healy was accused of being a sex offender and he was expelled from the WRP
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“I'm not in favour of the army, I'm in favour of replacing it with armed workers' brigades to defend the factories.”
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“Nothing could have been greater than the pride of serving this city. I do not believe — I am sure I speak for my colleagues on all sides — nothing else that happens to us in our lives will be as rewarding and fulfilling as the years that we have spent in this building.”
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“Traducción: "El calendario para la apertura del estadio es 18 meses antes de la apertura de los Juegos. Ninguna ciudad ha estado tan adelantada en esta fase. Eso es porque no se ha permitido que los funcionarios se acercasen.”
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“Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.”
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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.”
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1983· 2 entries
“by far the most contentious grant”
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Livingstone began co-presenting a late night television chat show with Janet Street-Porter for London Weekend Television
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1982· 2 entries
“a distortion running right the way through British politics”
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Perceiving a neglect by Labour of the Israel-Palestine conflict, Livingstone wrote of "a distortion running right the way through British politics" because "a majority of Jews in this country supported the Labour Party a
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1979· 1 entry
Internal crisis rocked Labour as activist group, the Campaign for Labour Democracy, struggled with the Parliamentary Labour Party for a greater say in party management
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1978· 1 entry
“If voting could change anything, it would be illegal”
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1975· 1 entry
It was widely considered to be a moderate and mainstream policy by Labour, which it was hoped would get more Londoners using public transport, thereby reducing congestion
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1971· 1 entry
Livingstone and his comrades developed a new strategy for obtaining political power in Lambeth borough
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1968· 1 entry
And was elected to represent Norwood on the GLC in 1973, Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1977, and Paddington in 1981
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1966· 1 entry
Visiting Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Lagos, Ghana and Togo
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1957· 1 entry
His family purchased their own home at 66 Wolfington Road, West Norwood
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1956· 1 entry
Began secondary education at Tulse Hill Comprehensive School
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1945· 1 entry
Born 1945-06-17.
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1932· 1 entry
His policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel
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