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The thoughts of Ken Livingstone

On international relations

"I just long for the day I wake up and find that the Saudi Royal family are swinging from lamp posts and that they've got a proper government that represents the people of Saudi Arabia."

On George Bush:

"I'm not even sure he was aware there were any Palestinians before he was elected, any more than he knew the name of the president of Pakistan."

On relations with Tony Blair: "He's not going to make me foreign secretary and I'm not going to persuade him to dump

George Bush. We work together on things we agree about and accept there are going to be things we don't agree about."

On gay ministers:

"If you come out it almost guarantees you a junior ministerial post. It's wonderful."

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