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My view is rather than just rage at your impotence you find the best way of achieving as much as you can within whatever constraints there are. It's not the world I would have created but you do what you can within it.
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
Kenneth Robert Ken Livingstone
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