Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Ken Livingstone
Standard Name: Livingstone, Ken
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1986: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished...
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1986
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
abolished the Greater London Council
or GLC (then headed by socialist maverick Ken Livingstone
), leaving London as the world's largest city with no central metropolitan authority.
White, Michael et al. “Livingstone win a humiliation for Blair”. Guardian Weekly, 11–17 May 2000, p. 7.
4 May 2000: In the first election for the newly created...
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4 May 2000
In the first election for the newly created position of Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone
was elected (standing as an Independent after being de-selected by the Labour Party
).