Vive Ken Livingstone

I
went to a talk this morning given by Ken Livingstone and
organised
by the indomitable
director
of Hampstead’s Pentameter
Theatre,
Léonie Scott-Matthews.
It
was good to hear his memories of being brought up in London (he and I
were born the same year). Ken
in
Streatham and me further south in leafier Bromley. I have written
about him before and like and respect the man enormously.
He
has a “Pink Hat” - (OK let me repeat. My father said you can
always tell who is the honest politician, ‘the one wearing the pink
hat’.)
When
he was leader of the GLC,
Margaret
Thatcher accused Ken of introducing an
“eastern
European” style “tyranny”, for crimes such as lowering bus
fares and organising anti-racist celebrations. More recently he has,
with Jeremy Corbyn, been a victim of the right-wing
‘anti-semitism’ vilification.
That
right-wing, as now represented by the current PM and politicians such
as Jacob
Rees-Mogg. Ugly
hatted,
but certainly not pink, with
company accounts showing
more
than £100
million untaxed
profit
over the last 5 years.
There
was a lot of discussion about the Labour Party leadership election
and I
am
puzzled why he supports Keir Starmer on the basis that he is a good
‘administrator’ and is 'someone who looks like they can run the
country'.
When
discussion turned to whether Labour could win an election in five
years I mentioned that the French haven’t waited and
have
been
on virtual general
strike
for many weeks; that last week Macron, the French President, was
driven out of a theatre onto streets occupied by striking
ballet dancers.
So
in conclusion Vive La France and Vive Ken Livingstone. La lutte
continue.
My
memoir ‘Left
Field’
is, after four years, still on sale online and in bookshops, but can
now be read for free
here
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