Iain Dale has a roustabout interview with Ken Livingstone. Here’s a snippet:
“…although there will be mistakes, a real, massive devolution would start bringing good people back into local government, but there’s got to be financial change as well. 97 per cent of all tax collected in Britain is collected by Gordon Brown. When I told the Mayor of Moscow that he said: “That’s worse than Russia under Stalin”.”
The whole thing is nice astringent stuff – well worth a read. (Hat Tip: Andy Sawford)
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