http://www.wikio.com/search=Livingstone Wikio - Livingstone http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64775059 Livingstone may now have his sights set on outlasting both Thatcherism and New Labour. But will the party want to run a candidate in 2012 who would not just be re-fighting the election of four years before but three decades before that? Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:37:13 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64775059 2008-07-19T09:37:13Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64708147 Comment is free: Andrew Gilligan: Ken Livingstone has said he plans to run again for London mayor in 2012. Boris Johnson must think Christmas has come early Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:28:21 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64708147 2008-07-18T16:28:21Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64707904 Andrew Gilligan: Ken Livingstone has said he plans to run again for London mayor in 2012. Boris Johnson must think Christmas has come early Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:28:21 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64707904 2008-07-18T16:28:21Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64713159 With surprisingly short notice, London Underground have canceled their busker scheme deal with Automatic Management. Set up in the days of the Livingstone administration, this was the attempt to impose order on the chaos of tubeway buskers. It took much of the romance out of the underground - buskers were given official pitches, the scheme was sponsored by some sort of lager - but also offered a truce in the long battles between London Transport and musicians. Now, though, the deal has gone and London Underground is taking control of the scheme , but in a way that sounds like it's a prelude to running it down: For the foreseeable future, there will be no Busking Site Managers. In the event of any dispute over pitch bookings, instruments being played etc., LU staff will not enter into protracted discussions with buskers. If a situation cannot be easily remedied, Station Supervisors have the authority to close a busking pitch for as long as they think necessary to avoid problems. Where this is deemed necessary. Station Supervisors have been instructed to submit a formal report. Buskers should do the same to the above email address. BTP are being briefed of these changes and will provide assistance as necessary, although this is unlikely to be needed. We can see the reasoning behind the 'if there's any dispute, shut it down' line - there's no funding for the running of these pitches and staff don't have the time or the training to oversee them. That's why, presumably, the running of the scheme was outsourced in the first place. The Underground denies the long-term plan is to drop the scheme entirely: We realise that the interim arangements are not ideal. However, we remain commited to operating this scheme for you and we are working hard to introduce more robust arrangements as quickly as we can. The decision to bring the scheme ‘in-house’ was taken with very little notice (for a number of reasons) and we must all do all we can over the coming weeks to keep the scheme viable. ... but that pay off about "keeping the scheme viable" suggests a door being opened to an announcement that, hey, we tried to do all we can, but... Some suspicion has aired that Boris will have something to do with this - like he's actually making decisions - but there's nothing to confirm one way or the other. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:48:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64713159 2008-07-18T15:48:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64697327 (Click on images to enlarge) Subscribe in a reader Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:52:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64697327 2008-07-18T14:52:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64717002 So, Ken Livingstone says what we all knew he was going to say, and gets ready to run for mayor in 2012. But who are the alternative Labour candidates? And would Ken run as an indy again if he didn't get the nomination? An associate informs me that Victoria Street reckon they already have the nomination stitched up for... arch-Thatcherite and sexist , the apprentice's Alan Sugar. This is so horrific that it looks at face value to be untrue. But strange things happen under Brown governments. And let's face it... a lot of people at Labour have such a low opinion of the proles and political discourse in general that they think Labour voters will only turn out for a celebrity. If Victoria Street goes ahead with such horrors, it seems to me that the rest of us have no option but to back Ken. But then, his policies were excellent, and I reckon he could destroy a tested Boris Johnson. Look at how many broken promises and instances of corruption have already passed . Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64717002 noreply@blogger.com (Miller 2.0) 2008-07-18T13:14:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64673339 The Conservatives have now replaced Labour as the party of the poor according to Oliver Letwin the Tory policy chief. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:56:39 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64673339 2008-07-18T11:56:39Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64668861 London's new mayor wants Indian companies to come over and help ensure the British capital delivers a "world class" Olympic games in 2012. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:36:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64668861 2008-07-18T11:36:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64665478 According to the paper today Ken Livingstone is all set to run again as Mayor in 2012 - http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/jul/18/livingstone.london This would, I think, be good news for London and for the Labour Party and would knock on the head the idea that seems to have developed in recent years (among the Tories mainly) that if you lose once you are finished politically - eg Major, Hague, Duncan (didnt really get started), Howard - whereas before it was accepted that it was possible to come back from a loss. I look forward to the Ken 2012 campaign. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:10:20 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64665478 2008-07-18T11:10:20Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64666848 The former mayor of London has confirmed that he will be standing again in 2012, the fourth time he will have contested the mayoralty. But would you like to see Ken Livingstone run again? Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:01:16 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64666848 2008-07-18T11:01:16Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64660217 So Livingstone didn't end up being the relaxing trip I had hoped it would be. I stayed two nights at the first hostel except they had absolutely no more room for us after that me and a Brazilian girl named Sylvia.So we went to a camp site that had a couple beds but were REALLY lucky Saturday because they were having a kitchen party.A kitchen party is a traditional Zambian celebration.It's a we Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:33:16 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64660217 2008-07-18T10:33:16Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64656534 Ken Livingstone has confirmed he will stand again for London mayor in 2012 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:58:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64656534 2008-07-18T09:58:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64658179 Ken Livingstone has confirmed he will stand again for London mayor in 2012 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:58:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64658179 2008-07-18T09:58:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64661367 Ken Livingstone has confirmed he will stand again for London mayor in 2012 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:58:42 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64661367 2008-07-18T09:58:42Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64658506 HIV/AIDS Relief and Volunteer Work in Zambia Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:40:59 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64658506 2008-07-18T09:40:59Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64620282 by jhwygirl State veterinarian Dr. Martin Zaluski is nearing completion of the testing of adjacent herds to the infected cow that cost Montana its brucellosis-free status and is encouraged by the results. So far, none have tested positive. He’s also had this to say: “All of the testing so far has focused on ruling out cattle as [...] Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:47:19 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64620282 2008-07-18T01:47:19Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64613663 Letters: The party's approach to economics has been nudged, nay shoved, into alignment with its famous Thatcherite approach to social issues Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:09:50 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64613663 2008-07-17T23:09:50Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64716953 WALLASEY has a tradition of some fine MPs. I remember Ernest Marples and Lynda Chalker (both Conservatives). Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64716953 2008-07-17T23:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64673050 WALLASEY has a tradition of some fine MPs. I remember Ernest Marples and Lynda Chalker (both Conservatives). Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64673050 2008-07-17T23:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64609954 One of the reasons I love cities is seeing how they cope with all the people. On the surface, in London at least, all seems quite normal and even habitable. Underground is a different story, with thousands of miles of pipes and cables and sewers and dead bodies and all the crap we don’t want [...] Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:00:49 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Livingstone?rinfoid=64609954 2008-07-17T22:00:49Z