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" I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues. "

Ken Livingstone

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" Yes, there are lots of individual exceptions. But no one has ever done a study about voting intention without ascertaining that the biggest determining factor is your income and your wealth. "

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" Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. "

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" I've never declined to do an interview. "

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" I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow. "

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" I undertake that, in the exercise of my functions of that office I will have regard to any guidance with respect to ethical standards issued by the secretary of state under Section 66 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. "

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" I have no interest in managing my financial affairs. "

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" I grew up in Lambeth, I went to normal schools and I've grown up in a city where people say what they think. "

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" My only regret is the media's obsession with the past. "

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" If I was courting the Muslim vote, I wouldn't have put establishing the partnership ceremony at the forefront of my first term, would I? I go all around London advocating lesbian and gay rights. "

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" I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. "

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" Well, I get on with people who believe in something. "

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" Most people are not shocked that I am occasionally rude to journalists. They are probably amazed I don't punch one in the face. "

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" I would like all newspapers to become workers' co-operatives. "

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" I have opened newspapers and read incredible lies. "

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" I mean I get loads of money, all from different sources. You give it to your accountant. They manage it. But you pay corporation tax. If you're then taking it out and spending it on yourself, you have to pay more. "

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" The market is a brilliant system for the exchange of goods and services, but it doesn't protect the environment unless it's regulated, it doesn't train your workforce unless it's regulated, and it doesn't give you the long-term investment you want. "

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" I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life. "

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" There isn't much about my life that's been particularly conventional. "

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