Ken Livingstone has me a bit confused. Hearing him attack Boris Johnson is certainly not a surprise. But hearing him attack Boris Johnson for saying what Ken Livingstone himself said previously? That’s a bit odd, shall we say. Compare and contrast now and then. The now: Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone were engulfed in a

Ken Livingstone was today declared as Labour's candidate to be the next Mayor of London. The ballot was conducted by Electoral Reform Services. Ken Livingstone said: "We need a Mayor who will stand up for London. "The choice between me and Boris Johnson could not be clearer. I will protect the fare payer. After Boris Johnson's unnecessary fare increases that go hand in hand with cuts to ...

Following the revelation that Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson has agreed that Loans Company, Wonga, will be a key sponsor for Transport for London over Christmas and New Year, Ken Livingstone said: "It's hard to think of a clearer demonstration of the values of today's Tory party than Boris Johnson's decision to sell prime time advertising space on London's buses and tubes to ...

Yesterday Progressive London held a day-long conference in, appropriately enough, London. The organisation was created by Ken Livingstone following his defeat in the last London Mayor election with the stated aim of building a broad coalition of people who share progressive views and oppose Boris Johnson and his policies. (Alix wrote an excellent post earlier

Oona King has confirmed that she will challenge Ken Livingstone as Labour candidate for London mayor. It should be remembed that although Ken Livingstone lost the last election to Boris Johnson, the Labour vote went up in London both in absOlute and relative terms, as Ken Livingstone is still widely popular, and remains an electoral

Ken Livingstone was today declared as Labour's candidate to be the next Mayor of London. The ballot was conducted by Electoral Reform Services. Ken Livingstone said: "We need a Mayor who will stand up for London. "The choice between me and Boris Johnson could not be clearer. I will protect the fare payer. After Boris Johnson’s unnecessary fare increases that go hand in hand with cuts to...

Following the publication of Boris Johnson's bus, tube, tram and rail fare increases yesterday, Ken Livingstone said: "London already has some of the highest fares in the world, but instead of putting squeezed Londoners first, Boris Johnson is sticking to further stealth-taxes on fares even as he argues for tax cuts for the rich. "These fare rises are absolutely staggering. Under Boris Johnso...

Horne and Corden, French and Saunders. But Ken and Boris? Forget it What a swell party it would have been; Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, sharing jokes, swapping insults all live on Any Questions? on Radio 4. Boris was booked some time ago and, after months of being kept at bay by the London mayor, the programme saw his agreement as a bit of a coup. Livingstone, on the other hand, was to be a ...

London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone compares his battle to regain City Hall from Boris Johnson with the "great struggle between Churchill and Hitler".

During the London Mayoral elections, the Evening Standard's coverage was so sycophantically fawning over Boris Johnson, and so full of over the top hatred of Ken Livingstone that it was embarrassing to walk past kiosks selling the thing. 'Ken Livingstone bathes in the blood of the people he's deliberately killed with his heartless policies' was one headline. 'Boris Johnson admits: 'I did invent