Ken’s detractors are guilty of illogic and double standards, during Labour’s Mayor of London selection many of them claimed his appeal was waning and he’d lack the pulling power to ‘win back’ CIty Hall. This line of attack is now being conveniently set aside as they seek to blame the entirety of the Tower Hamlets loss on him.
Mayor’s Question Time: Gags, jibes and insults
Even beyond the usual displays of bad manners, yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time was especially cringeworthy and having longed wished for the event to draw capacity crowds I found myself wishing yesterday hadn’t been the day it did so.
The 2008 action replay
As Ken Livingstone is adopted as Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate, Conservative Group Leader on the London Assembly Roger Evans predicts that a return to 80’s style opposition to government cuts won’t be enough to return Livingstone to City Hall. Candidates seeking a second term in office all face a common challenge – how to remind […]
Jenny Jones: Ken as I know him
As Ken Livingstone is formally adopted as Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate Jenny Jones, who has represented the Green Party on the London Assembly since the inaugural Greater London Authority elections in 2000, shares her views and observations on London’s first, and would-be next, Mayor. Having worked with and/or against Ken Livingstone for eight solid years […]
Thoughts on Labour’s Mayoral selection
Ken Livingstone’s selection as Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate was hardly a surprise – London’s press pack could hardly muster up even the pretence of a pretence that the outcome would be anything other than a comfortable win for the former Mayor.
