Ken Livingstone

I recently read You Can't Say That by Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London, who is standing for re-election this May. The book is an autobiography that takes in KL's childhood in Streatham, his backpacking trip to Africa as a young man, his years with Lambeth Council (which has its headquarters in Brixton, where I live) and then as leader of the Greater London Council (before its abolition by Margaret Thatcher's government), and finally his years as Mayor of London. I generally read...Read Full Story

Samuel Stopp argues that voting for Ken Livingstone is the right thing to do... Ken or Boris? Ken is on the side of 'ordinary' Londoners A poll published in this tonight's 'London Evening Standard' (page 6) puts Ken Livingstone, for the first time in four years, ahead of Boris Johnson in the race to be Mayor of London. Now, if you are not a Londoner - and I am scarcely one myself - you may already have switched off. I implore you not to, because the importance of the Mayoral Election...Read Full Story

By Lydia Warren Last updated at 1:33 AM on 22nd October 2011 Married: Emma Beal and Ken Livingstone at London Zoo on the day of their wedding in 2009 Ken Livingstone has revealed he acted as a sperm donor for two buddies who feared they had been running out of time to have kids. The former Mayor of London stated the pair wanted to begin families but had not located Mr Proper. And the 66-year-old hinted they did not use artificial insemination – suggesting he slept with the...Read Full Story

Web-based-sales-and-marketing-service Ken Livingstone – Guest Editor of the New Statesman magazine this week (21st August) – talks to assistant editor Alyssa McDonald about his experience of editing, the features he has included, and his ambitions for London and the position of Mayor… Ken’s issue includes features from Jarvis Cocker, Stephen Fry, Jo Brand, Ed Balls, Iain Banks, Salma Yaqoob, Vivienne Westwood, Alexander Lebedev and much more. Subscribe online today at www.newstatesman.com...Read Full Story

Ken Impersonates Ghandi. BBC News – Ken Livingstone ‘compares Boris Johnson to Hitler’ . Croydon Tory MP Gavin Barwell seems to be in the forefront of trying to make sure that the story is Ken Livingstone losing it, when from what I can tell the whole thing was Ken being Ken. (He’s not due to turn up on Have I got News For You, soon is he?) Politicians seriously struggle to develop senses of humour, London seems to be unique in this regard, since its main candidates last time around...Read Full Story