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Ken Livingstone quotes: If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war. If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister. I don't work hard enough. If I had worked harder I might have been prime minister.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high. Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative. The whole culture of my background was deeply Conservative.
Ken Livingstone quotes: When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot. When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates you have to think, you are a complete idiot.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face. Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I feel like Galileo going before the Inquisition to explain that the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth. I hope I have more success. I feel like Galileo going before the Inquisition to explain that the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth. I hope I have more success.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Everyone changes all the time. Everyone changes all the time.
Ken Livingstone quotes: World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy. World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.
Ken Livingstone quotes: If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems. If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.
Ken Livingstone quotes: You cannot just have a socialist revolution in Norwood and nowhere else. You cannot just have a socialist revolution in Norwood and nowhere else.
Ken Livingstone quotes: If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone. If transport, housing and Olympic projects do not work, I will crawl away under a stone.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I never came into life with any favours or privileges. I never came into life with any favours or privileges.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Boris [ Johnson]and Dave [Cameron] gnawed each other's testicles [during the Tory civil war which blighted the EU referendum]. Boris [ Johnson]and Dave [Cameron] gnawed each other's testicles [during the Tory civil war which blighted the EU referendum].
Ken Livingstone quotes: My only regret is the media's obsession with the past. My only regret is the media's obsession with the past.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage. I can easily lose myself emotionally in absolute Hollywood garbage.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I have no interest in managing my financial affairs. I have no interest in managing my financial affairs.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for. Working with the Jewish community is essential to me and what I stand for.
Ken Livingstone quotes: My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework. My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess. I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.
Ken Livingstone quotes: There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional. There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers. I fear that within 10 years gays, trade union activists and left wing politicians will be led off to the gas chambers.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything. Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more. Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Psephology isn't a hate crime. Psephology isn't a hate crime.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you
Ken Livingstone quotes: It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person. It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues. I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business. I'm in exactly the same position as everybody else who has a small business.
Ken Livingstone quotes: 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. 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 quotes: The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says. The best way to demonstrate the values of a western democracy is you put Osama bin Laden on trial; you challenge what he says.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I'd love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid. I'd love to write about my growing sexual awareness, but the press would turn it into something squalid.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I just long for the day when I wake up and find that the Saudi royal family are swinging from lamp-posts. I just long for the day when I wake up and find that the Saudi royal family are swinging from lamp-posts.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to. The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.
Ken Livingstone quotes: To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live To tackle climate change you don't have to reduce your quality of life, but you do have to change the way you live
Ken Livingstone quotes: You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again. You lose power in Britain and you are just Joe Public again.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here. I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life. I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they? The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?
Ken Livingstone quotes: Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it. Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I do the gardening. I do the gardening.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster. Only some ghastly dehumanised moron would want to get rid of the Routemaster.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises. I think it's much more important to keep people in work than have pay rises.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive. I can only admire people who I have never met and are dead - because you know so much about anyone who is alive.
Ken Livingstone quotes: This life is messy. This life is messy.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I grew up in a house with very few books. I grew up in a house with very few books.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies. I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Politics is not a healthy lifestyle. Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people. I've got people handling the media. I employ at the moment two people. No-one is paying income tax on the money they use to employ people.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy. I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career. I've always been a workaholic. I reckon, on average, I've had less than one day a year off in my working career.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear. The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear.
Ken Livingstone quotes: When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself. When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I would like all newspapers to become workers' co-operatives. I would like all newspapers to become workers' co-operatives.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in. Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
Ken Livingstone quotes: My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London. My administration will tackle these issues in consultation with the black communities of London.
Ken Livingstone quotes: There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work. There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.
Ken Livingstone quotes: What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us? What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?
Ken Livingstone quotes: I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them. I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think. I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think.
Ken Livingstone quotes: 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 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 quotes: I've never declined to do an interview. I've never declined to do an interview.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person. Well, I mean, I'm very much a pragmatic person.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I refuse not to have a sense of humour. I refuse not to have a sense of humour.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law. I am a socialist, a believer in rational thought and the rule of law.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags. Just because I am critical of the coalition doesn't mean I am anti-English. I am just anti-scumbags.
Ken Livingstone quotes: My main income is from speaking. My main income is from speaking.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.
Ken Livingstone quotes: [Pigeons are] rats with wings. [Pigeons are] rats with wings.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Press TV is one of the few TV channels anywhere in the West that fairly presents the Palestinian case. Press TV is one of the few TV channels anywhere in the West that fairly presents the Palestinian case.
Ken Livingstone quotes: If I blew my nose the Daily Express and the Daily Mail would say that I am trying to spread germ warfare. If I blew my nose the Daily Express and the Daily Mail would say that I am trying to spread germ warfare.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding. Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Every year the international finance system kills more people than the Second World War. But at least Hitler was mad, you know. Every year the international finance system kills more people than the Second World War. But at least Hitler was mad, you know.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists. I am not against Israel, I am against Zionists.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The civil service are risk averse. The civil service are risk averse.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges. The British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I've met serial killers and professional assassins and nobody scared me as much as MrsT. I've met serial killers and professional assassins and nobody scared me as much as MrsT.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Jewish voters are not one homogenous block. Jewish voters are not one homogenous block.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear. I'm an emotional person; I do occasionally shed a tear.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced. Every budget I have ever prepared has been balanced.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues. I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied. I think I have gone through my entire public career never telling a lie. I have made mistakes but I never knowingly lied.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics. I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.
Ken Livingstone quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education. I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty. I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society. Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world. I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.
Ken Livingstone quotes: One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era. One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Well, I get on with people who believe in something. Well, I get on with people who believe in something.
Ken Livingstone quotes: I swim three times a week. I swim three times a week.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them. The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Politics is not a game. Thousands of people's jobs and services depended on what the GLC did, and they expected us to do the best we could. Politics is not a game. Thousands of people's jobs and services depended on what the GLC did, and they expected us to do the best we could.
Ken Livingstone quotes: Most people wouldn't want to marry a politician. Most people wouldn't want to marry a politician.
Ken Livingstone quotes: The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster. The problem is that many MPs never see the London that exists beyond the wine bars and brothels of Westminster.

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