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There have always been two Londons
Remembrance from the other London
Hilary Wainwright
12 July 2005
"There have always been two Londons. London the imperial capital city and financial centre and London the city lived and worked in by five million people speaking 300 different languages, originating from every country in the world. Tony Bair spoke for the imperial capital, proclaiming a war for civilisation, echoing George Bush after 9/11. Ken Livingstone spoke for Londoners his ability to articulate their diverse interests and culture as entirely separate from those of the capital city is a secret of his success when he vented his anger at the `attacks on ordinary, working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hindu and Jew, young and old and when he celebrates London as somewhere where people could `just be themselves.
(....)"
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Hilary Wainwright
12 July 2005
"There have always been two Londons. London the imperial capital city and financial centre and London the city lived and worked in by five million people speaking 300 different languages, originating from every country in the world. Tony Bair spoke for the imperial capital, proclaiming a war for civilisation, echoing George Bush after 9/11. Ken Livingstone spoke for Londoners his ability to articulate their diverse interests and culture as entirely separate from those of the capital city is a secret of his success when he vented his anger at the `attacks on ordinary, working-class Londoners, black and white, Muslim and Christian, Hindu and Jew, young and old and when he celebrates London as somewhere where people could `just be themselves.
(....)"
continue reading: Red Pepper
http://www.redpepper.org.uk/
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