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The world is run by monsters and you have to deal with them. Some of them run countries, some of them run banks, some of them run news corporations.

Ken Livingstone

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Ken Livingstone
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 17
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Former Mayor Of London
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Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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I refuse not to have a sense of humour.
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I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage.
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We look to the left and to the right And we need help but nobody's in sight Where is the man that we all need Tell him he's to come and rescue me.
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When I was leader of the GLC, by the time I had been in control for three years, the difference in pay between the cleaner and the director general was a four-to-one ratio. I find that attractive.
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[Pigeons are] rats with wings.
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I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.
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If Voting Changed Anything They'd Abolish It
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My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.
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I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.
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Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.
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It would actually be quite nice if the American ambassador in Britain could pay the [congestion] charge that everybody else is paying and not actually try and skive out of it like some chiselling little crook.
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All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being subordinated to that. Now, the question is, what is the most a socialist can achieve in a global economy?
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I take a much more pragmatic view than many people on the Left about working with Neil Kinnock. Kinnock represents the best vehicle possible for achieving socialism now.
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I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life.
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I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more.
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To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live
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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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I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.
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Every year the international finance system kills more people than the Second World War. But at least Hitler was mad, you know.
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When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.'
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