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Remembering Red Ken

By: Alfie Steer

Ken Livingstone’s legacy in London reminds us just how much democratic socialist leadership can do for a single city.

Ken Livingstone never looked like a politician built for Britain’s establishment. He spoke plainly and didn’t bother to hide what he thought. While others in Labour trimmed and triangulated, he turned London into a stage for class conflict. From County Hall, just across the Thames from Parliament, he needled Margaret Thatcher and gave the capital’s […]

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Ken Livingstone never looked like a politician built for Britain’s establishment. He spoke plainly and didn’t bother to hide what he thought. While others in Labour trimmed and triangulated, he turned London into a stage for class conflict. From County Hall, just across the Thames from Parliament, he needled Margaret Thatcher and gave the capital’s […]

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Ken Livingstone never looked like a politician built for Britain’s establishment. He spoke plainly and didn’t bother to hide what he thought. While others in Labour trimmed and triangulated, he turned London into a stage for class conflict. From County Hall, just across the Thames from Parliament, he needled Margaret Thatcher and gave the capital’s […]

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Ken Livingstone never looked like a politician built for Britain’s establishment. He spoke plainly and didn’t bother to hide what he thought. While others in Labour trimmed and triangulated, he turned London into a stage for class conflict. From County Hall, just across the Thames from Parliament, he needled Margaret Thatcher and gave the capital’s […]