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" Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. "

Ken Livingstone

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" Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it. "

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" I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here. "

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" Most kids don't get to go their parents' wedding. "

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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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" The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them. "

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