Dick Whittington's heir —The Truth About Mayor Ken Livingstone
Robbed of the official Labour candidacy by Tony Blair, Ken Livingstone defied the New Labour leaders and in the summer of 2000 was elected Mayor of London. No sooner was Livingstone installed as Mayor than he created a Tory-Liberal-New Labour “popular front” government for London.
The most “left-wing” plank in his election platform had been opposition to Blairite plans to privatise London Underground.