Ken Livingstone — English Politician born on June 17, 1945,

Kenneth Robert Livingstone is an English politician who has twice held the leading political role in London regional government. He served as the Leader of the Greater London Council from 1981 until the Council was abolished in 1986, and then as the first elected Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. A member of the Labour Party, he was situated on the party's hard left, ideologically identifying as a democratic socialist... (wikipedia)

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.
I was a weedy kid, not like one of those working-class men who can accommodate not being academically clever by physical strength and prowess.
Global warming could be solved by shifting three to four per cent of global GDP to pay for it.
Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.
Give me the whole world to run and then I'll be happy. If tomorrow I was told I had to sort out the whole world's problems I'd sleep like a baby.