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I actually think the civil service, who are the malignancy at the heart of public life, have consciously prevented, talked ministers out of, made it difficult regulatory-wise, to allow more pressure on alternative energy sources to grow.

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I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability.

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The civil service are risk averse.

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I'm never going to take the view that I should say whatever I need to say in order to achieve something. Because that implies a level of dishonesty.

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I would like to sound like James Mason. I reckon if I'd had a better voice I could have been prime minister. It is the most irritating voice in public life.

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The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they?

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I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.

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I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.

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Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.

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Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: June 17th, 1945

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