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  • August 2008

    • Former London Mayor Will Advise Chávez

      BBC  |  Aug 28, 08 6:08 AM CDT

      Former London Mayor Will Advise Chávez

      (Newser) - Ken Livingstone, London's mayor from 2000 until his election defeat this May, has found a new job: consultant to Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez. "Red Ken," who has long been a supporter of the socialist president, will advise pro-government mayors on urban planning, reports the BBC. Last year Livingstone cut an oil deal with Chávez to provide cheap fuel to London's buses—an agreement phased out by his successor. More »

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      London  • Venezuela  • Ken Livingstone  • Caracas  • Hugo Chávez

  • May 2008
  • April 2008

    • Down in Polls, Brown Admits 'Mistakes'

      Reuters  |  Apr 30, 08 3:25 PM CDT

      Down in Polls, Brown Admits 'Mistakes'

      (Newser) - With polls predicting big losses for his Labour party in tomorrow’s local elections, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown admitted he’d made mistakes in the past six months, Reuters reports. Chiefly, Brown acknowledged increasing the tax burden on the lowest-paid workers and those aged 60-64, but said both problems were currently being “dealt with.” More »

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      Gordon Brown  • housing crisis  • Labour Party  • home prices  • Ken Livingstone  • British elections  • Labour

    • Labour Will Lose London, Final Poll Says

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 29, 08 9:21 AM CDT

      Labour Will Lose London, Final Poll Says

      (Newser) - With 48 hours to go before the election, a final poll gives Boris Johnson a 10-point edge in the race for mayor of London. The shambolic Tory is poised to romp to victory over incumbent Ken Livingstone Thursday, according to the pollster YouGov. The finding is completely at odds with other surveys, which have consistently judged the race too close to call, writes the Guardian . More »

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      United Kingdom  • London  • Gordon Brown  • poll  • Labour Party  • Conservative Party  • Ken Livingstone  • Boris Johnson

    • Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck Mayoral Race

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 24, 08 7:54 AM CDT

      Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck Mayoral Race

      (Newser) - With one week to go, the two main candidates in the race for mayor of London—maverick Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone and clownish Tory Boris Johnson—remain neck-and-neck. As the Labour Party realizes that it could lose the most important elected office in Britain, the Guardian reveals that Livingstone is receiving help from his former sworn enemies: Tony Blair and his spin doctor, Alistair Campbell. More »

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      London  • Gordon Brown  • Tony Blair  • Labour Party  • Ken Livingstone  • Boris Johnson  • London mayoral election  • Alistair Campbell

    • Brits 'Duped' Over Olympic Pricetag

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 22, 08 3:00 AM CDT

      Brits 'Duped' Over Olympic Pricetag

      (Newser) - The projected pricetag of the 2012 Olympic games in London has more than doubled to $18 billion since the city was picked as host three years ago—and the British  government is being accused of deliberately low-balling estimates to sell the event to the public, the Guardian reports. A public spending watchdog says the original figure was completely unrealistic. More »

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      United Kingdom  • London  • 2012 London Olympics  • Ken Livingstone  • British Parliament

    • Gas-Guzzlers Will Cost Londoners $50 a Day

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 3, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      Gas-Guzzlers Will Cost Londoners $50 a Day

      (Newser) - In a move to make drivers of gas-guzzlers “pay for the environmental damage they cause,” London’s mayor is imposing a CO2 charge: beginning in October, every private vehicle driven in the central city that doesn’t meet tough emissions standards will cost its owners $50 a day, the Los Angeles Times reports. The new charge comes on top of the existing $16 congestion charge. More »

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      Great Britain  • London  • carbon emissions  • gas  • SUV  • Ken Livingstone  • tax

    • 'Buffoon' Leads Incumbent in Race for London Mayor

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 3, 08 10:11 AM CDT

      'Buffoon' Leads Incumbent in Race for London Mayor

      (Newser) - The two leading candidates for mayor of London, Britain's most important elected office, are locked in a neck-and-neck race, according to a new Guardian poll. Ken Livingstone, the fiery Labour incumbent and sworn enemy of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, is now running just behind the Conservative challenger: MP Boris Johnson, a former mag editor and self-declared "blithering buffoon." More »

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      United Kingdom  • London  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • Conservative Party  • Ken Livingstone  • Boris Johnson  • London mayoral election

  • February 2008

    • Corruption Claims Tarnish London Mayor

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Feb 8, 08 11:20 AM CST

      Corruption Claims Tarnish London Mayor

      (Newser) - London's left-wing mayor Ken Livingstone faced a harsh 3-hour grilling last night over a deepening scandal that has seen the city's equality adviser accused of nepotism and corruption. Hundreds of e-mails and memos released yesterday cast new light on at least $6.6 million in contracts allegedly awarded to friends of Lee Jasper, writes the Financial Times . More »

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      London  • corruption  • Ken Livingstone  • Boris Johnson  • London mayoral election

  • September 2007

    • London Transit Strike Off, But Headaches Still On

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 5, 07 11:13 AM CDT

      London Transit Strike Off, But Headaches Still On

      (Newser) - The union representing London’s Tube workers has called off a threatened 3-day strike after a day of shutdowns that hobbled the city’s transit system, but commuters still face lingering aftershocks. Transit of London, which runs the Underground, and the RMT union say they made sufficient progress yesterday to restart nine of the 12 lines that had been sidelined. More »

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      London  • Gordon Brown  • England  • strike  • Ken Livingstone  • underground  • Tube

  • June 2007

    • 'No Go to the Logo,' Say Londoners

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 6, 07 6:46 AM CDT

      'No Go to the Logo,' Say Londoners

      (Newser) - Londoners loathe the logo unveiled Monday for the 2012 Olympics so much that 30,000 have already signed a petition demanding a new one. The jagged pink-and-orange rendition of 2012  took a brand-consultancy firm $800,000 and more than a year to design; Olympics organizers, calling it "dynamic" and "vibrant," say people will "get used to it," reports the Daily Mail. More »

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      London  • Olympic Games  • 2012 London Olympics  • design  • Ken Livingstone  • epilepsy  • logo

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