London Real

Ken Livingstone is an English politician who served as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008.  WATCH FOR FREE: https://londonrealacademy.com/episodes/ken-livingstone/  The NEW London Real Academy: https://londonrealacademy.com/membership/  Chapters:  00:00 Trailer. 01:58 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 05:17 Brian’s Introduction. 05:48 Ken’s journey into politics. 11:14 Notoriety after appointment as leader of the GLC in 1980s. 14:57 If Thatcher and Reagan had studied history, we would never have had the banking crisis. 16:38 Cyclical demonization of immigrants. 17:31 For what Ken respected Margaret Thatcher. 19:00 New Labour and Tony Blair. 20:59 A Mayor for London. 23:38 Reason he had to leave the Labour Party to be a mayoral candidate. 26:14 Accomplishments over two terms as Mayor of London. 27:58 The biggest single factor for a country’s success. 30:27 Good public transport and fibre optic system for all. 31:54 Olympics regeneration legacy even better than Ken hoped. 32:32 Wh