Labour Assembly Val Shawcross has been named as Ken Livngstone’s running mate in the 2012 elections for Mayor of London. The role guarantees means she’ll serve as Deputy Mayor if Livingstone succeeds in his campaign to unseat successor Boris Johnson. Shawcross, pictured above campaigning with Livingstone during his unsuccessful 2008 re-election bid, was first elected […]
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
Tower Hamlets and the myth of ‘the Ken effect’
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.
Ken v Boris 2: contenders just 2 points apart
Just 2 points separate 2012 Mayoral contenders Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone according to a new YouGov poll, suggesting the capital is set to witness a fiercely contested election.
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 […]
