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<br>A Blog Dedicated to ridding the world's greatest city of Ken LivingstoneSerfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03298915724856708344noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-15918081318872297292008-05-03T10:21:00.001+00:002008-05-03T10:21:51.022+00:00Mission accomplishedThat is all.Croydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-27327011368441307862007-09-27T09:59:00.000+00:002008-12-09T08:25:04.551+00:00Boris v LivingstoneThe battle had already started with the clumsy attempts by Livingstone's team to smear Boris Johnson before he had even won the race to be the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London.But now it is official and Londoners have a real choice, between the hypocritical, bitter and divisive reactionary who taints our capital city by inviting terrorist sympathisers and human rights abusing left wing Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-11938452024885300682007-09-13T14:31:00.000+00:002008-12-09T08:25:04.840+00:00Livingstone - body fascist?These two fine figures of health and fitness, Len Duvall and Ken Livingstone have set themselves up as arbiters of what is attractive and what is healthy:And why are they straying somewhat beyond their respective remits of chairing the Metropolitan Police Authority / the Greater London Labour party, and hobnobbing with extremists being Mayor of London? Because London Fashion Week is nearly upon Croydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-55162896720976760172007-08-08T12:03:00.001+00:002007-08-08T12:03:56.891+00:00'A consultation' - Livingstone style.Maybe I am being naive, but the concept of 'a consultation' suggests that something is being investigated without there being pre-ordained aim. Not, however, when it comes to City Hall and the Mayor of London.The 'consultation' is about an exciting new class war attack on folk fortunate enough to drive large and / or luxurious cars. Not that it is phrased thus, it is all about CO2 emissions, Croydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-72349075729878867932007-06-06T18:13:00.000+00:002008-12-09T08:25:04.915+00:00Ken's "not-so-green" emissions counterLondon Mayor Livingstone Ken has really outdone himself, with flagrant hypocrisy with his latest "green" gimmick.As part of his "DIY Planet Repairs" campaign launch earlier today, he revealed a very large LED screen displaying a counter, which is counting the quantity of CO2 emissions being produced, and wasted, by Londoners.Some of the ideas to for Londoners include switching off lights, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-4892710808408215392007-05-20T09:55:00.000+00:002007-05-20T10:13:56.919+00:00By their friends shall ye know themFrom the other side of the pond we hear of the latest sinister antics of Livingstone's good friend, El Presidente Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Like our own unreconstructed Communist in London, Chavez intensely dislikes his opponents having a voice and a platform from which to use it. Democracy is inconvenient like that.Unlike Livingstone, Chavez is able to use ruthless tactics to suppress the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-57673740809332508132007-05-12T13:03:00.000+00:002007-05-12T13:04:14.843+00:00Yet more Livingstone anticsToday Livingstone is hosting 'The state of London Debate', with the aim being "a chance to discuss with London’s policy makers the reasons behind London’s success and how it can remain successful in the future".I have had a look at the speakers, all 83 of them, and done a rough and ready sorting into politicians, wonks, lobbyists and the like.This is what I've divined:Elected politicians: 16, of Croydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-2999640827033490442007-04-03T15:58:00.000+00:002007-04-03T16:06:41.848+00:00Now taxi drivers are Ken's Enemy No.1If you drive a motor vehicle that transports less than 40 people at a time, then Ken Livingstone wants to price you off the road. You would have thought that with his fondness for using London's black cabs, Livingstone would be supportive of the fleet and its dedicated drivers. Not a bit of it.As Iain Dale has explained, Livingstone is:... making every cab fit a piece of technology which is Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-10022933912077902302007-03-29T09:51:00.000+00:002007-03-29T09:52:14.189+00:00Livingstone finds more people to offendThis time the Japanese government and its people. There may, or may not be a case for arguing that the congestion charge is not a tax, but this hardly classes as diplomacy, especially when conducted on the radio:"Commenting recently about Japan's decision not to contribute toward the central London congestion motoring charge, Ken Livingstone told the LBC radio station, "I think there are severalCroydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-80442990044721821892007-03-21T12:35:00.000+00:002007-03-21T12:38:21.246+00:00Sickening hypocrisyFrom the BBC:Mayor Ken Livingstone has formally apologised for London's role in the slave trade.He called on Prime Minister Tony Blair to follow suit by issuing an official apology on behalf of the country."The government's refusal of such an apology is squalid," he said, on the eve of the bicentenary of legislation to abolish the slave trade.Mr Livingstone urged fellow Londoners to join him in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-19671196058910537392007-03-17T11:58:00.000+00:002007-03-17T12:08:37.728+00:00Junket Ken's wings clipped?International travel is one of the things that should appear as an interest on Ken Livingstone's CV. The costs of Livingstone's overseas trips, at the expense of London taxpayers, have increased nearly ten-fold in just three years. The cost of foreign travel by the Mayor’s Office was £36,490 in 2004-05. This rose to £103,130 in 2005-06. However for the year up to December 2006 it had soared (likeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-1917505049284323832007-03-02T08:52:00.000+00:002007-03-02T09:08:01.383+00:00Put up or shut up KenThe gay rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell, has hit back at Chairman Ken, (following the disgraceful double standards shown in a Mayor's statement we touched upon in a post a couple of days ago) accusing Livingstone of dishonesty and making libellous comments. Tatchell has demanded that Livingstone provides evidence to support his accusation of Islamophobia and if he cannot, to make a public Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-43064281749503353482007-03-01T11:07:00.000+00:002007-03-01T11:16:55.338+00:00All hail Ken and open your walletsThe planned strike by London Underground has been called off after a deal was reached for a three year pay deal. Comrade Ken has been quick to celebrate the news and revealed that:'This three-year agreement is great news for both Tube passengers and staff and is a real landmark achievement. Passengers will benefit from the stability provided by the first three-year deal for all staff in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-63720009850959523442007-02-28T17:05:00.000+00:002007-02-28T17:32:49.264+00:00Disgraceful double standardsIt is quite apparent that Ken Livingstone makes his disdain or contempt for certain people or groups known through his press releases. You only need to compare and contrast issues that receive no Mayoral attention with those that spark a personal intervention to identify which people in our community Livingstone has no time for.As we reported recently, following a wait of three weeks, the Mayor'sUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-75996820985261656952007-02-22T12:18:00.000+00:002007-02-22T13:04:59.398+00:00Anti Semitism acknowledged!How could we ever doubt Chairman Ken? It took three weeks, but finally the Mayor's website has gushed forth about the action-packed response to a report by the Community Security Trust (CST) that showed anti-Semitic attacks in the UK had risen 31% in a year, with over half of all attacks taking place in London.As pointed out on the Waendel Journal earlier this month, Livingstone had remained Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-88830366397669966412007-02-22T12:11:00.000+00:002007-02-22T12:15:19.744+00:00Ken the eco-fraud"Rethinking Rubbish in London" is Ken Livingstone's Municipal Waste Management Strategy. It was published in September 2003 and was in part supposed to address the issue of waste being taken outside of London and buried in landfill sites.Livingstone was proud to tell us on the Mayor's website that: "Since the public consultation on the draft strategy in autumn 2002, a great deal has beenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-67284782893804090382007-02-20T12:39:00.000+00:002007-02-20T12:42:13.547+00:00Venezuela oil deal to go throughThere are so many contradictions arising from the oil supply deal agreed between Livingstone and his communist presidential ally in Caracas, Hugo Chavez, that I barely know where to begin. The main one of course is that at a time when Livingstone is trying to assert his environmental credentials, he is buying a type of fuel that we are told contributes to carbon emissions and therefore climate Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-68168052990199612182007-02-19T12:30:00.000+00:002007-02-19T12:53:52.791+00:00Congestion Charge zone extendsFrom 7.00am this morning the so called Congestion Charge zone was doubled in size as it extended westwards into Chelsea, Kensington, Belgravia, Pimlico, Notting Hill and Bayswater among other places. Livingstone is rubbing his hands and the thought of yet more revenue and the hope of a small reduction in traffic levels.Since the CC was brought in during 2003 (when TfL and Livingstone insisted Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-38149731384136931182007-02-19T12:23:00.000+00:002007-02-19T12:24:32.196+00:00Livingstone to gain control of rail outside London?Commuters in the towns surrounding London may end up having their rail fares into the city dictated by the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, under plans drawn up by the Department of Transport (DfT). The plan would see the Mayor take control of rail pricing in the Home Counties, which could result in people who have no say over the election of the Mayor in London being forced to pay for transportUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-30246334625364481212007-02-16T09:57:00.000+00:002007-02-16T10:05:42.076+00:00Does Livingstone send 10 tonnes of newspaper a day to landfill?As anyone living in London knows, it's only people like me these days that buy daily newspapers. Most people make do with the daily free sheets of which there are now three. The Metro (in the morning) and the London Lite and the London Paper in the evening. As you can imagine these cause quite a lot of rubbish in the Tube and buses as people have a tendancy to leave them for the next person to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-86686564067608871442007-02-15T09:55:00.000+00:002007-02-15T09:56:28.821+00:00World Civilisation or Clash of Civilisation?Douglas Murray at Livingstone's recent event.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-65476204828322219662007-02-14T17:00:00.000+00:002007-02-14T17:16:44.335+00:00Is it unfair to attack Livingstone?As per the post on the 18 Doughty Street post below? Perhaps his ideolgocal allies and collagues - which include members of the now defunct Trotsykite Socialist Alliance - might think so, but consider the latest press release from his people on his budget, headlined, 'Free travel safeguarded for now - 'nasty' tendency unrepentant'.The 'sustained' attacks on 'free' transport he has been mouthingCroydonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14670533609622717223noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-90466723006571402352007-02-14T11:52:00.000+00:002007-02-14T12:01:06.088+00:00Ken Livingstone attack adsThe team at 18 Doughty Street has launched the third of its attack ad campaigns designed to address issues politicians all too often shy away from discussing. The subject of this third ad is none other than the Dear Leader, Ken Livingstone.You can watch the attack ad on the 18 Doughty Street website. When you have watched the ad do tell us via the comments section if you feel the ad is the sort Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-1754367702051573172007-02-09T14:17:00.000+00:002007-02-09T14:23:52.318+00:00Ken's Low Emission Zone will make little or no improvement to air qualityA press release by London Councils (formerly known as the Association of London Government) yet again highlights that Ken's plans for a Low Emission Zone, aren't a green as he makes them out to be.The plans, to charge high polluting vehicles to enter London, will bring virtually no added improvements to the capital's air quality despite costing around £600 million to introduce and enforce.In Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28081641.post-48045919874006555442007-02-08T16:26:00.000+00:002007-02-08T16:30:53.714+00:00Communication breakdown or sour grapes?A recent debate at the Queen Elizabeth II centre in London mentioned on this site recently - A World Civilisation or a Clash of Civilisations – featured Ken Livingstone and Salma Yaqoob squaring off against Daniel Pipes and Douglas Murray.Given that many people were unable to attend the event there has been quite some interest in a transcript or video recording of the main debate being released. 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