One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era. - Ken Livingstone

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One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.

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About Ken Livingstone

Kenneth Robert Livingstone (born 17 June 1945) is an English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. A former member of the Labour Party, he was on the party's hard left, ideologically identifying as a socialist.

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Alternative Names: Kenneth Robert Livingstone Kenneth Robert "Ken" Livingstone
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