Ken Livingstone has me a bit confused.
Hearing him attack Boris Johnson is certainly not a surprise.
But hearing him attack Boris Johnson for saying what Ken Livingstone himself said previously? That’s a bit odd, shall we say.
Compare and contrast now and then.
The now:
Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone were engulfed in a war of words today over whether Londoners are too “lazy” to find work. The Mayor claimed some young people in the capital lacked the “energy” to go out and get jobs which were instead going to immigrants. His Labour challenger Ken Livingstone immediately accused him of branding Londoners “lazy and workshy”.
And the then:
The Mayor [Ken Livingstone] has attacked Londoners who are too lazy to hold down jobs. He said many of the long-term unemployed could not be bothered to get out of bed in time.
* Mark Pack is Party President and is the editor of Liberal Democrat Newswire.
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All very well criticising the Boris and Ken Punch and Judy show, but when will Paddick start (a) coming forward with some policies, (b) actually start campaigning on them.
All I’ve heard is some stuff about bus tickets, which doesn’t really make many waves.
Bus tickets do make waves if you oscillate enough of them in the water at the same time.
RC: Don’t know if you say the piece from Caroline that sets out the wider Lib Dem transport action plan – https://www.libdemvoice.org/helping-those-with-the-smallest-pockets-get-to-work-26637.html Overall I think a heavy emphasis on public transport is right, as it is public transport and crime that Londoners repeatedly say are the two most important issues they want the Mayor to tackle.