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September 22, 2008

Red Ken’s biggest mistake? Not closing the Evening Standard

By Patrick

Ken Livingstone’s epic battle with the Evening Standard and specifically its reporter Andrew Gilligan continues to simmer, despite the four and half months that have elapsed since he lost the London Mayoralty to Boris Johnson.

In a You Ask the Questions interview with The Independent, reader Mary Jankovic from W6 asks what the former mayor’s biggest mistake was. His answer?

“All the big decisions we got right. Sadly I didn’t have the power to close the Evening Standard”.

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