English - Politician | June 17, 1945 -
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
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The civil service are risk averse.
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I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow.
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My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.
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Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face.
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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'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.
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I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.
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I have met the people who run the world, and I am not in awe of them.
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Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.
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World wide capitalism kills more people everyday then Hitler did. And he was crazy.
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I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.
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