BBC News (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
Ken Livingstone defends the right of London's mayor to dismiss the Met Commissioner, while criticising Sir Ian Blair's exit.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
After I last talked to you I spent the afternoon doing sports coaching at Livingstone Primary School. We started out with a bunch of different futbol drills until we were slightly sunburned and highly overheated. Then we just let them play futbol for the last little bit because that's what they really wanted to do anyway and we sat in the shade and played with some of the younger kids and talked...
City Hall (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... in those plentiful times. The system has now been made accessible. Older Peoples' Strategy This Livingstone creation was managed by an 'advisory group' which had not met since April 2007! Auditors felt there was no clear view as to the role of the group, perhaps not surprisingly as no terms of reference could be found. Nobody even knew who the Chairman of the panel was, or the names of its...
Jon Worth (Free subscription) | yesterday
... the nominee would be from another party is also out. So who fits the bill? Why not put forward Ken Livingstone , and aim to get him nominated as European Commissioner for the Environment? Ken will be 64 next year, OK to allow him to serve a 5 year term until 2014. He has a decent international profile, and built networks with other mayors while he was in office. He is pro-European and has...
James Cleverly (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
I'm on Ken Livingstone's LBC radio show this morning doing the paper review. Sir Ian Blair, Labour reshuffles and the US financial lifeboat are likely to be top of the agenda. Tune in and listen to the fireworks.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Ken Livingstone: The next Met chief must be in Ian Blair's mould, or London could slip back to the riots of the 1980s
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Black Voices Blogs : When Johnson C. Smith and Livingstone renew the oldest and original HBCU rivalry Saturday in Charlotte, there's reason to celebrate. The two schools played the first black college football game on Dec. 27, 1892 in Salisbury, N.C., which Smith (then... Read more
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
“THIS is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons. “Communications have been severely disrupted, and the number of casualties and the extent of the damage are not yet known.” In the 1970s, the BBC and the Government made ready for nuclear war: “We shall bring you further information as soon as possible.” “Meanwhile, stay [...]
Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
This evening I am taking part in a debate at City University on the subject... Political Campaigning & Reporting: Partners in Democracy or Rats in a Sack The other speakers are Nick Robinson, David Hill (former No 10 Director of Comms), Joy Johnson (former Director of Comms to Ken Livingstone and BBC reporter) and Peter Tatchell. The event is designed to mark the launch of a new MA course in...
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
... to Al Qaeda - sponsorship now seems to have ended. Neither is the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, anywhere to be seen. Boris Johnson has merely sent a nice note. The bad news is this. The following senior Labour politicians are participating in the GPU Event: Lord Nazir Ahmed - Hosted the neo Nazi “ Israel Shamir ” when he held a meeting at the Houses of Parliament. Sadiq Khan -...
IOL (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
A man is in a critical condition in Livingstone hospital after a traffic officer shot him in the stomach in Uitenhage, Port Elizabeth.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Makerere University Vice Chancellor Livingstone Luboobi has warned students against going on strike to protest Internet cut off.
Heavenly Worldliness (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Here you will find the following by John Livingstone (thanks IM once again). It is most probable that no gift, no pains a man takes to fit himself for preaching, shall ever do good to the people or himself except a man labour to have and keep his heart in a spiritual condition before God, depending on Him always for provision and the blessing. Earnest faith and prayer, a single aim at the glory...
Borthlas (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
According to Tomos Livingstone today, Peter Hain's remarks about the timing of a referendum on further powers are "likely to infuriate Plaid Cymru" . I somehow doubt that Mr Hain will be overly worried one way or the other about this, but for what it's worth, I'm not feeling particularly infuriated - yet. After all, his remarks are not out of line with what he's said several times before, so...
icWales (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
Voters won’t thank us for putting referendum before economic worries – Welsh Secretary by Tomos Livingstone, Western Mail PLANS for a referendum on extra powers for the Assembly should take a back seat while politicians deal with the economic crisis, Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy said yesterday.Mr Murphy said Welsh voters “wouldn’t thank us” if ministers appeared more concerned about constitutional...
