UK News » video http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews Our UK correspondents' insights Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:52:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en Ken dismisses negative poll http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/27/ken-dismisses-negative-poll/ http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/27/ken-dismisses-negative-poll/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:11:24 +0000 Tim Castle http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/27/ken-dismisses-negative-poll/ livingstone.jpgKen Livingstone talks to Tim Castle about standing for a third term as Mayor of London.

He dismisses a recent YouGov poll that shows him trailing Conservative rival Boris Johnson and says his rival candidates are all “Ken Lites” who have moved their policies closer to his.

He says questions about his age or suggestions that he has been in the post too long are “ephemera” designed to avoid the real issues in the campaign.

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]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/27/ken-dismisses-negative-poll/feed/ Paddick: “Not being a politician is an advantage” http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/paddick-not-being-a-politician-is-an-advantage/ http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/paddick-not-being-a-politician-is-an-advantage/#comments Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:51:46 +0000 Tim Castle http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2008/03/20/paddick-not-being-a-politician-is-an-advantage/ Brian PaddickBrian Paddick talks to Tim Castle about his autobiography and his candidacy for the mayoral election in London.

He says not being a politician is a “distinct advantage” when running against Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson.

“They are big personalities but they are not the sort of personalities that Londoners really want running London.”

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