[Marxism] Conservatives oust 'Red Ken' in London

[Ruthless Critic of All that Exists]

 May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Boris Johnson, a Conservative member of
Parliament and journalist, defeated Ken Livingstone to become mayor of
London, completing a drubbing for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour
Party in mid-term elections.

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Livingstone, a London politician since 1973 and like Johnson
well-known around Britain, was nicknamed ``Red Ken'' by the U.K.'s
tabloid newspapers in the 1980s, when he ran the Greater London
Council.

Battles With Thatcher

The council, the city's government at the time, was abolished by
then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1986, after battles with
Livingstone over issues such as London Underground fares and his
positioning of a counter showing London's rising unemployment figures
on County Hall, the GLC headquarters, across the Thames from
Parliament. The mayor's office was created in 2000 by then-Prime
Minister Blair.

Johnson promised to ``sweep out'' Livingstone's ``Marxist cabal'' and
to end waste and ``sleaze'' in City Hall, a reference to a police
investigation into whether community groups misused or stole grant
money provided by Livingstone's administration.

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