History,  The Left,  UK Politics

From the Ken Livingstone Historical Archive

The quotations below are from Ken Livingstone and were reported in the Observer in June 1987.

Paul of Tarsus was the Stalin of the Christian Church.

On Ronald Reagan

somewhere between a psychopath and a ham actor. He is very dangerous.

On Rupert Murdoch

He is an animal and we should put him on a boat and deport him.

Source:

Simon de Bruxelles, “A soft shoe shuffle into power,” Observer, June 7 1987, p.7.