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Evening Standard debate - video highlights

Evening Standard
26.02.08

Click on the links below to watch video highlights of the Evening Standard debate on how London can stay ahead as a great world city featuring Ken Livingstone, Nick Ferrari, Diane Abbott and Lionel Barber.

Clip 1
Introduction from Veronica Wadley, Editor of the Evening Standard, and Nick Ferrari's opening speech on crime, transport and congestion

Clip 1b
Introductions from Diane Abbott and Lionel Barber. Abbott speaks of her love of London and sees the city as a beacon of hope. Barber talks of London as a success story and a financial centre

Clip 2
Ken Livingstone speech - Livingstone talks about how his key policies have worked in London and how the city is successful as it is open and has received investment

Clip 3
Crime and what can be done - a question on gangs. Jane Morris, business owner, questions spend on advertising instead of police. Tom Mangle, journalist and author, asks about crime and Mr Livingstone answers with his views on the police

Clip 4
Crime and Lionel Barber's views - how New York can be used as a model

Clip 5
Non domicile tax payers - Kate Robertson asks Mr Livingstone about people's civic duty to pay their way

Clip 6
Should non-domiciles pay tax? The audience is divided and Diane Abbott talks about not wanting people to have to be super rich or super poor to live in London

Clip 7
Transport and the real purpose of the congestion charge - Minette Marin, columnist, asks about the congestion charge and emissions

Clip 8
Taxi question - how can we keep the quality of London taxis with the rising costs of running them?

Clip 9
Andrew Gilligan of the Evening Standard asks, if the stories the Evening Standard published on Lee Jasper were lies, why hasn't the mayor sued? The mayor answers

Clip 10
Close and Mike Green asks about the look of London with the skyscraper plans

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Ken has done a good job and deserves some credit. He has been prepared to take risks (congestion charge, taxing gas guzzlers)and improved the buses big time. Most people having a moan here probably only have a vague concept of how important public transport is to some Londoners.

Ken courts the square mile whilst retaining the interests of the under privileged in this diverse city. He has been a great mayor and deserves another term. Boris? Nice bloke, funny bloke; I want someone who will take risks and get the job done. Not a comedian.

- Dave Hague, London

Ken's done brilliantly- the transformation of this city since he took charge as ensured London's place as a world class city. There's much to do- mainly the redressing of the balance between east and central/west London with the largest park in Europe for 250 years at the Olympic site and Stratford City- a development the size of Bluewater by the Eurostar terminal. Ken is that rare thing- a politician who says he will do something and does it, I think this is what annoys those who want to drag London down and slag off Londoners.

- Hans Datdodishes, London

Red Ken is a disgrace to this city - this is a city of hard and fast capitalism, his power hungry approach is only destroying London.

Long live anybody other than Ken!

- A Londoner, London, London