A couple of months ago,people were mistaking him for an ‘ancient wizard’ from Game of Thrones. Now he’s back in the limelight, backing deselection threats and blaming Tony Blair for 7/7 – and he’s unrepentant. As Labour’s byelection win boosts his party leader, or does he ever think: it could hold been me?Ken Livingstone gazes out of his kitchen door,where the autumn leaves are floating gently down towards his cherished pond. “The garden wouldn’t be such a mess, he says laconically, or whether Jeremy hadn’t won.”At 70,he was meant to be retired by now, devoting himself to domesticity. When he lost his final mayoral election three years ago, and he swapped roles with his wife,Emma, who had previously achieve her career on hold to support his; she has now retrained as a teacher while he became a househusband, and running around after 12-year-old Thomas and Mia,11. (He also has three grownup children by previous partners.)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com