English - Politician | June 17, 1945 -
There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional.
Ken Livingstone
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Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more.
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I can't understand why anyone would want to live the life of a politician if you can't say pretty much what you think. You are not in it for the money: there's unremitting pressure on your life, you give up so much of your privacy. It can only be because of the things you want to do and the things you want to say.
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If women had never been given the right to vote, then Labour would have won every election after the war.
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The truth is, no one pays more tax than they have to.
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This life is messy.
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Most people wouldn't want to marry a politician.
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When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.
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Thatcher was prepared to destroy the world rather than give in on something she believed in.
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Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding.
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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?
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My only regret is the media's obsession with the past.
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