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I've always told the truth. I've often been wrong - but I've never knowingly lied. Not in public life. Because I don't see the need to.
Ken Livingstone
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Ken Livingstone
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 17
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Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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