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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.

Ken Livingstone

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Ken Livingstone
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 17
Autobiographer
Broadcaster
Former Mayor Of London
Politician
Kenneth Robert Livingstone
Kenneth Robert Ken Livingstone
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I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.
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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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The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.
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I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.
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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 can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage.
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I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers.
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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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