Labour's candidate says he won't stand again as he delivers a heartfelt speech at City Hall in London. Report by Ashley Fudge. Like us on Facebook at / itn and follow us on Twitter at / itn
It is such a sad day for London; millions of londoners are gonna have a hard(er) time as a result of Ken's defeat at the ballot box. It's very rare that we get a chance to choose between such obvious good and ill and it's an extra shame when we choose the latter. My heart does go out to Ken, after such an illustrious career, defending working people against the forces of market capitalism which cause us such pain and ultimately end in increased misery for the majority.
I met Ken Livingstone in 1983 at Portsmouth Guildhall when a Labour Party conference was held for Labour Councillors from across the United Kingdom. And I was a Labour Party Steward at the said conference. He was a very very pleasant person. He would of made a great statesman and if we had them he would of been a GREAT President.
Ken has learnt a harsh fact of life. You Only live once. Wanted to recreate his own early life one more time.Better off out of it Ken. Enjoy your dotage, as Lennon said about all of us "Pretty soon You're Gonna Be Dead "