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Ken Livingstone

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English politician (born 1945); Mayor of London from 2000 until 2008

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Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as the first mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008.

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Ken Livingstone
said · Apr 28, 2016
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When Hitler won his election in 1932 his policy then was that Jews should be moved to Israel. He was supporting Zionism before he went mad and ended up killing six million Jews.

Comments during BBC Radio London interview cited in "Jeremy Corbyn denies crisis as Ken Livingstone suspended" BBC News (28 April 2016).

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Ken Livingstone
said · Mar 18, 2009
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I am not in favour of any parental choice in education. You will go to your local school.

Interview, 18 March 2009

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Ken Livingstone
said · May 21, 2006
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One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.

As cited in "They said what?", The Observer (21 May 2006).

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Fellow of the Zoological Society of London

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About this person

Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as the first mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. He is a former member of the Labour Party, ideologically identifying as a socialist.

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Born 1945 · age 81
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