Ken Livingstone
A call for progressives to back directly-elected mayors
Directly-elected mayors would avoid a schooling of internal party politics for city premiers, and could stand up toofficers. Progressives should back them.
Nominations are now open for most influential left-wing thinker in 2010/11
Nominations are now open for the most influential left-wing thinker in 2010/11 - please send in yours
Tory defection highlights Boris’s weakness on law and order
A Conservative borough chairman has defected to Labour, citing the London Mayor's cuts to the police and inability to stand up for the NHS as critical failures.
New poll highlights Boris’s failures as Mayor of London
A poll of 1,000 Londoners reveals people are unhappy with the management of policing, housing and ticket pricing in the city on Mayor of London Boris Johnson's watch.
The madness of Ken’s attack on Obama
Labour's candidate for London Mayor Ken Livingstone has put his foot in it again today - saying the assassination of Osama bin Laden made President Obama look like "some kind of mobster".
Four ‘old acquaintances’ that Livingstone should forget
Over the course of his career, candidate for London Mayor Ken Livingstone has had some unsavoury political 'friends' - but for the sake of good governance, it's time to let them go.