I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
It is all very well for people with fine arts degrees, but for ordinary people like myself, we want a statue to look like the person. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
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,… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
If I blew my nose the Daily Express and the Daily Mail would say that I am trying to spread germ warfare. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
When you see someone trying to manoeuvre it round the school gates, you have to think, 'You are a complete idiot.' — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
We look to the left and to the right And we need help but nobody's in sight Where is the man that we all… — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
