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4 days ago · Born in Lambeth, South London, to a working-class family, Livingstone joined Labour in 1968 and was elected to represent Norwood at the GLC in 1973, Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1977, and Paddington in 1981. That year, Labour representatives on the GLC elected him as the council's leader.
Jun 13, 2024 · Ken Livingstone (born June 17, 1945, Lambeth, London, England) is a British politician, who made constitutional history on May 4, 2000, when he was elected mayor of London—the first time that British voters had directly elected a candidate to an executive office at any level of government.
Jun 7, 2024 · She is one of Beckett’s five searchers, along with Jeremy Corbyn, Tony Benn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell. And here immediately is one of the book’s problems.
Jun 14, 2024 · Andy Beckett locates such an epic canvas through telling the story of five connected individuals – Tony Benn, Ken Livingstone, Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and Diane Abbott. Such an approach aims to make this more human and relatable.
1 day ago · So writes Guardian columnist Andy Beckett in his extended consideration of the lengthy political careers of five key figures on the Labour left: Diane Abbott, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn, Ken Livingstone and John McDonnell.
Jun 19, 2024 · The attempts to prevent Ken Livingstone winning Labour’s nomination for Mayor of London, or Rhodri Morgan from becoming leader of Welsh Labour, all backfired and lost New Labour much of its early goodwill, and coming to be labelled as ‘control freaks’.
Jun 6, 2024 · Guardian writer Andy Beckett ties their stories together with their contemporary Ken Livingstone and their predecessor Tony Benn in a collective quasi-biography that ambitiously aims to tell the story of the Labour left over the last 50 years or so. Right now, it is a story without a happy ending.
