• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

Ken, given your outspoken condemnation of the Labour Government today and on many other occasions, and given the deafening silence of most London Labour MPs, why on earth do you want to rejoin the Labour party? Or maybe you don't any more. What efforts have you been making to break the silence of London Labour MPs and what success you have had; and when will they exercise whatever muscle they have and save London from a London Government?

• Question by: Andrew Pelling
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

I agree with you that Labour are treating Londoners appallingly; but is there any culpability here, within Romney House, as well? I know it is rather Wilsonian to say so, but I would quote what I said to you at the May Assembly meeting: "Is it not important that you play your hand very strongly during the election period, to ensure that there is a solution before it is over? Otherwise, a Labour Government will just renege on the agreement with you." Has it not been rather naive to have made Mr Kiley the Chief Executive of London Underground, and...

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

I absolutely agree with you. However, my point was not so much what they did, which I think was wrong, as whether using such language was well judged. I do not think that your description of London Underground's senior management as "dullards" did a lot to improve their view of you or their kindliness towards you in the negotiations. I am just concerned that emotive language such as "Taliban" is not perhaps the best way to win friends and influence English Heritage.

• Question by: Elizabeth Howlett
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

I wanted to remind you, Mr Mayor, about your exaggerated language about Wandsworth. Early in your tenure, you described us as "the Milosevic regime of local government". That has not endeared you to me, I have to say. [Laughter.] Also, you talked about ethnic cleansing in Wandsworth. I said at the time that you were bringing your elected office into disrepute. I therefore hope that you will refrain from such language in future.

• Question by: Graham Tope
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

Lynne did not suggest that we lose them [pagers] - only the Labour Members. I support her attempt to unshackle our colleagues. Ken, if you win in court next week - the majority of the Assembly very much hope you do - what will you do next?

• Question by: Lynne Featherstone
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

It is rather passive - and they would not accept it in New York, either. Given that there is an emergency motion later today - if the Assembly agrees to take it - condemning the Government for their sacking of Kiley, do you remember that, during their campaign to be elected to the Assembly, Labour Members stood shoulder to shoulder with Frank Dobson against privatisation? Don't you agree that this motion would be an opportunity for them to throw away their pagers and stand up and be counted, just like the 60 Labour MPs who voted against the Government on...

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

They are professional board members.

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

I think many of us are interested that you clearly put the euro ahead of the interests of Londoners. The Chair: Angie - I want to keep us on track.

• Question by: Meg Hillier
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

Yes, I think we need to get back to the point at issue, which is around the PPP and particularly some of the things Bob Kiley has been saying. He is a very highly paid official of this London government and Transport for London, yet he seems to be acting more like a politician. I wanted to hear your response, as the Chair of TfL and the politician in this case, to some points I want to put to you. In your view, is it true that, in a recent meeting between Parsons Brinckerhoff and LUL, when they were asked...

• Question by: Angie Bray
• Meeting date: 18 July 2001

We on this side have watched with interest the arguments toing and froing between former Socialist allies. Londoners watching all this would say, "A plague on both your houses." They just want it to get going; all these details are Byzantine so far as they are concerned. I feel that everybody's patience is running out while the two of you argue away. I want to return to the point made by Andrew Pelling. I have to say, Mr Livingstone, that a lot of people were incredibly disappointed that you put your old political allegiances ahead of championing Londoners' interests during...