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...The response from the local authorities — and Ken Livingstone’s soon-to-be-abolished Greater London Council — to what they took to be an assault on local democracy was furious....
...“Boris was deployed like a weapon, to make sure people delivered, and Eddie [Lister] was left to smooth everything over,” said one former city hall official....
...Private hire vehicles have been exempt from the congestion charge since it was introduced by former London mayor Ken Livingstone in 2003....
...One of my last meetings is with Eddie Cross, a brave and outspoken opposition MP for the Movement for Democratic Change party. The economic pressures, he says, are remorseless....
...If Ken Livingstone [Johnson’s Labour predecessor as mayor] had done it there would have been an outcry about control-freakery.”...
...The idea is raised by none other than Ken Livingstone in his interview with Total Politics this week....
...Also in the top 10 are Eddie and Sol Zakay, who have seen their wealth gain £400m to £1.9bn during 2010, and the £1.8bn fortune of Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay....
...More modern property empires built by dealmakers such as David and Simon Reuben, Richard and Ian Livingstone and Eddie and Sol Zakay have also been among the top performers....
...“He is putting their livelihoods in jeopardy,” says Eddie Lambert, chair of the RMT’s London taxi branch....
...More than £800,000 was raised for Clic Sargent, the children’s cancer charity set up by Eddie Jordan of Formula One fame....
...Some conservatives are starting to talk about Sanford as a potential presidential candidate. But as he stood in line, Sanford said this would be his last campaign....
...Shareholders in Betbrokers include city entrepreneur Derek Tullett and former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan....
...FT: Ken Livingstone? LL:Ask me after May 1. FT: Public funding for the Arts? LL:Long. FT: The future of alpine ski resorts? LL:Long. FT: Chelsea for the premiership title?...
...Your fellow conversationalist does not have to know that you are referring not to the famous Livingstone brothers but to two marketing men from Bradford City Council....
...Eddie Lampert, Kmart's chairman, said converting some Kmart stores into Sears stores would boost sales among suburban shoppers who bypass the discounter for Wal-Mart and Target....
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