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Interview with Ken Livingstone
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KENLIVINGSTONE is a Londoner born and bred. He was the elected Mayor of London in 2000, the first person to hold this office.
He was a Labour councillor in Lambeth and in Camden. He became a Labour member of the Greater London Council in 1973 and became its leader in 1981, a position he held until March 1986 when Margaret Thatcher abolished the GLC, ending an era in London government. The GLC's campaign against abolition was one of the most popular political campaigns in London's history. London-wide government was only restored in 2000.
From 1987 to June 2001, Ken was the Labour Member of Parliament for Brent East. He was elected to the position of Mayor of London in 2000 as an Independent. In 2004 he won re-election to a second term as Mayor as the Labour candidate. He was defeated in the London Mayoral elections by Boris Johnson in 2008. He will be running again for Mayor in the 2012 London elections.
Progressive London is a unique coalition, launched by Ken Livingstone, and involving people and views from across the political, cultural, community, generational and artistic spectrum, to promote the kinds of progressive policies which have made London such a success and a place where people from all walks of life and cultural backgrounds can be themselves and come together around common goals.
