"Black Death": Ken says Boris would be dangerous for Londoners
London life with Boris Johnson as mayor would be like the Black Death of the Middle Ages, according to Ken Livingstone.
The current mayor, fighting for a third term in City Hall, likened a Tory-led mayorship to the black plague, one of the deadliest in history, at the launch of his manifesto in Wood Green on Thursday.
He also expressed his disappointment in Brian Paddick, the Liberal Democrat candidate for mayor, who has refused to encourage voters to choose Labour as their second preference.
Speaking at the West Indian Cultural Centre, Clarendon Road, Mr Livingstone said: "Brian Paddick said he doesn't like me because, apparently, I don't like him, so we're not exactly going to go shopping together. But our policies are similar and it will help keep people like Boris Johnson out.
"Having Boris as mayor would be like reliving the Black Death of the Middle Ages or almost as bad as that."
And the mayor also condemned the Henley MP for his boast on a talk-show last week that he could "out-ethnic" its Asian host.
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He added: "Boris would be incredibly divisive. London needs a mayor who will also respect and empower the communities who are different."
With just a week before voters head to the polls on May 1, Mr Livingstone said he was feeling confident about his campaign and urged voters to think carefully about who they gave their vote to.
He said he had been overwhelmed' by the support he had received in Hornsey and depsite a strong Lib Dem presence, he felt he would score well with residents.
Alvin Elcock, manager of the West Indian Centre, Clarendon Road, said: "I feel that Ken is the best man for the job.
"He is experienced and has a long-standing relationship with people from this community. But, ultimately, whichever candidate is going to invest money into the voluntary sector is fine by me.
"Community centres and youth projects need more money."
Just so we're clear here - Ken Livingstone is claiming that if we elect Boris Johnson then 20% of London's population will die?
And I thought that American politics was full of scaremongering ...
Just so we're clear here - Ken Livingstone is claiming that if we elect Boris Johnson then 20% of London's population will die?
And I thought that American politics was full of scaremongering ...
Posted by: c may, biggin hill on 7:10pm Fri 25 Apr 08
ive seen 3 telivised shows with the 3 main candidates every time it was ken bye a mile for me borisis shortfallings quickly showed up its ken again for me
ive seen 3 telivised shows with the 3 main candidates every time it was ken bye a mile for me borisis shortfallings quickly showed up its ken again for me
Ken Livingston certainly isn't perfect, but there is no way in hell anybody should be voting for the inexperience that is Borris Johnson. It would have been good if this year there had been some other good candidates but the truth is that there aren't. Ken for all his short-falls is still the best we have. Introduce Boris and things will go downhill pretty quickly I think.
I'm voting Ken but if come the next election there is someone better then I'll vote for them.
Oh and Ken has lived for something like 15 years on both sides of the river respectively....whic
h in his own words pretty much makes him mixed-race ;-)
Ken Livingston certainly isn't perfect, but there is no way in hell anybody should be voting for the inexperience that is Borris Johnson. It would have been good if this year there had been some other good candidates but the truth is that there aren't. Ken for all his short-falls is still the best we have. Introduce Boris and things will go downhill pretty quickly I think.
I'm voting Ken but if come the next election there is someone better then I'll vote for them.
Oh and Ken has lived for something like 15 years on both sides of the river respectively....whic
h in his own words pretty much makes him mixed-race ;-)
Posted by: Jack Bauer, London on 8:12pm Sun 27 Apr 08
[bold]James from London says:[/bold]
[quote]Just so we're clear here - Ken Livingstone is claiming that if we elect Boris Johnson then 20% of London's population will die?[/quote]
I think it was more like 33%, actually, James, but I'd settle for 20% as long as it was Ken, the PC Crowd, the politicians, the multinational corporation owners, the international financiers, the Sub Prime profiteers and the immigrant criminals who got bubonicked first.
As for Red Ken, well, check out the YouTube video, TRUTH: LIVINGSTONE STYLE.
Or read the Ken Livingstone exposé on the Home Page of the iamaanenglishman web site.
Livingstone is seen insisting that the 2007 murders of teenagers in London were being committed by "white kids" and the victims were "other white kids"!
He said this at the Rise: London United festival on 15 July 2007. To whit:
[quote]IT’S A LOT OF WHITE KIDS STABBING OTHER WHITE KIDS![/quote]
[bold]In the year to 15 July 2007, when Livingstone told this astounding lie, sixteen teenagers had been murdered in London.[/bold]
Thirteen of the dead teenagers were black, one was mixed race and the other two dead children were white. At the time of Livingstone’s great lie, ALL OF THE KNOWN KILLERS AND THOSE SUSPECTED OF THE KILLINGS WERE BLACK.
If there is just one member of the PC Crowd who thinks Livingstone's casual dishonesty ought NOT to be exposed for the anti-white, anti-British racism that it is, please go snuggle up to the Black Death folk and leave the rest of us to clear up the mess you and the Red Kens have made of our world.
James from London says:
Just so we're clear here - Ken Livingstone is claiming that if we elect Boris Johnson then 20% of London's population will die?
I think it was more like 33%, actually, James, but I'd settle for 20% as long as it was Ken, the PC Crowd, the politicians, the multinational corporation owners, the international financiers, the Sub Prime profiteers and the immigrant criminals who got bubonicked first.
As for Red Ken, well, check out the YouTube video, TRUTH: LIVINGSTONE STYLE.
Or read the Ken Livingstone exposé on the Home Page of the iamaanenglishman web site.
Livingstone is seen insisting that the 2007 murders of teenagers in London were being committed by "white kids" and the victims were "other white kids"!
He said this at the Rise: London United festival on 15 July 2007. To whit:
IT’S A LOT OF WHITE KIDS STABBING OTHER WHITE KIDS!
In the year to 15 July 2007, when Livingstone told this astounding lie, sixteen teenagers had been murdered in London.
Thirteen of the dead teenagers were black, one was mixed race and the other two dead children were white. At the time of Livingstone’s great lie, ALL OF THE KNOWN KILLERS AND THOSE SUSPECTED OF THE KILLINGS WERE BLACK.
If there is just one member of the PC Crowd who thinks Livingstone's casual dishonesty ought NOT to be exposed for the anti-white, anti-British racism that it is, please go snuggle up to the Black Death folk and leave the rest of us to clear up the mess you and the Red Kens have made of our world.
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