Monthly Archives: July 2021

9.29pm There’s only half an hour to go.  I’ve just had a call from a journalist who says Boris Johnson’s campaign thinks they’ve got it in the bag here is still half an hour left for you to vote for Ken and keep the Tories out.  This is the final post for this live blog […]

Leading environmental group Friends of the Earth has said that Ken is the greenest candidate in the Mayoral election, giving him nine out of ten. Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper says, “He is one of the few British politicians to have shown genuine leadership on green issues and put London at the forefront […]

Boris Johnson unveiled a new backer today, Brian Cooke from TravelWatch.  Cooke used the opportunity to launch a bitter attack on Ken’s plan to make the Freedom Pass for older and disabled Londoners valid for 24 hours a day. In statement published on Boris Johnson’s campaign website, Brian Cooke called the 24hr Freedom pass “plain […]

Ken spent yesterday afternoon campaigning across East London. After appearing on BBC 1’s Politics Show, Ken headed for the 30th Anniversary of Rock Against Racism – love music hate racism carnival in Victoria Park. Despite the dreary weather, there was a massive crowd of tens of thousands of people – loads of whom had ken […]

Question Time, broadcast last night on BBC1, showed that after weeks of the hardest fought London Mayor election campaign since the post was created, the bottom line has really become, who is capable of leading London? People across the city watching QT last night will have seen a clear answer.  Whatever individual issues or disagreements with […]

Bertrand Delanoë, the Mayor of Paris, has travelled to London to help Ken kick off the final weekend of campaigning. After arriving on the eurostar at St Pancras this morning, Ken and Bertrand campaigned in Islington, on Upper Street, and then held a press event in Westminster, with lots of press – especially French media […]

Ken has published an open letter to Lib Dem voters in London setting out the values they share with him, and how he has worked to deliver on policies that Lib Dem voters want. Read it here… Shared values for London Liberal Democrat supporters in London, like all Londoners, will face a choice on May […]

Ken has emailed his supporters to thank them for their work during the elections.  Read the email below: Dear friend, I am writing to thank you for your contribution to the Mayoral election campaign. Obviously we did not win, but what was achieved in a very difficult national context was remarkable. Overall my first preference […]

Ken has written an article for the Guardian analysing the results of the elections.  Read the article below… Yes, I lost. But still Labour must learn from London Forget left or right turns. The party needs to put itself at the forefront of a progressive alliance that can inspire the electorate By Ken Livingstone As I […]