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And that is why we will keep asking — what can we do together, because I know regional economic development can change towns, it can change cities and it can change lives. But there is one more marker of success I want to focus on. You will have heard it said that education is the great leveller. I remember when I first started studying.
I worked in a fish n chip shop, then a gift shop, then a supermarket. For a time I was doing all three at once.
I would change into my chippy uniform at the back of the gift shop ready for my Friday night shift. My wages basically kept my Toyota Corona on the road. I saved hard. I wanted to go to university, and I was determined to do it without debt.
We have already pledged to make the first three years of post secondary education free. Whether you are an apprentice, going to polytech, or taking on a degree. Whether you are coming straight from school, or need to retrain - Labour will invest in your future. Housing affects everything. There is nothing more basic than having a roof over your head. That is why a warm, dry, decent home is a right.
Even in my home electorate. I do not accept that young people, our teachers and our nurses should give up on owning a home. Not when we can do just three things that will make all the difference. And for those who genuinely choose to rent, you deserve to know that your home is warm and dry.
You deserve to have greater security. And under Labour, you will. Everyone knows someone affected by mental health, or devastated by suicide. Yesterday I asked a room full of young people if they did, and every single hand in that room was lifted into the air. Every single one. While there is a lot of talk about targets, I know I will never ever be satisfied so long as there is even one life lost. It is time we focused on love and hope rather than grief and loss.
And we need to start with young people. And we will make sure that every single child in Canterbury and Kaikoura will also have the support they need, when they need it.
The very first time I was booed in politics was in Matamata. It was a public meeting during the election, and I was asked about climate change. I remember listening to a couple of members of my family discussing climate change a few years ago. I was waiting for my moment to jump in, when suddenly I heard my father pipe up. He had visited with local village leaders who had shown him where the water sat when they were children, and where it was now - lapping squarely around their survival. There will be those who say we are too small, and that pollution and climate change are the price of progress.
We will take climate change seriously because my Government will be driven by principle, not expediency. And opportunity, not fear. And there is an opportunity, that we can turn into our advantage, and shape our identity. It is a transition that can, and must, be just. But restoring our role as innovators, and as a clean green nation on the world stage, means tackling something closer to home. Not when we our water is a taonga.
Not when we have a duty to protect it. And not when we can turn things around. We do have some hard calls to make. But the government I lead will be a government that listens, then acts. A government that leads, not follows. That we can build a confident and caring nation if we include each and every person, in each and every town and region. That is New Zealand at its best. This is a time for talking with your families and friends.
This is a time for knocking on doors and working the phones. This is a time for sharing our vision of tomorrow with everyone you meet. Optional email code. And yes, that was a test Louise to see if you are watching. I feel incredibly honoured to be the leader of the New Zealand Labour Party. Leadership is not always easy though. Du kanske gillar.
Ladda ned. Spara som favorit. Denouncing the attack, Livingstone informed members of the Cambridge University Tory Reform Group that it was a misunderstanding to view the IRA as "criminals or lunatics" because of their political motives and that "violence will recur again and again as long as we are in Ireland. In response, Livingstone proclaimed that the press coverage had been "ill-founded, utterly out of context and distorted", reiterating his opposition both to IRA attacks and British rule in Northern Ireland. In a second incident, Livingstone was attacked by far right skinheads shouting "commie bastard" at the Three Horseshoes Pub in Hampstead.
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Courting further controversy, in the Falklands War of , during which the United Kingdom battled Argentina for control of the Falkland Islands , Livingstone stated his belief that the islands rightfully belonged to the Argentinian people, but not the military junta then ruling the country. As Livingstone biographer Andrew Hosken remarked, "by far the most contentious grant" was given in February to a group called Babies Against the Bomb, founded by a group of mothers who had united to campaign against nuclear weapons. Members of London Labour groups chastised Livingstone for his controversial statements, believing them detrimental to the party, leading Labour members and supporters to defect to the Social Democratic Party SDP.
Biographer Andrew Hosken The general election proved disastrous for Labour, as much of their support went to the Social Democrat-Liberal Alliance, and Thatcher entered her second term in office. Foot was replaced by Neil Kinnock , a man Livingstone considered "repellent". Considering it a waste of rate payer's money, Thatcher's government was keen to abolish the GLC and devolve control to the Greater London boroughs , stating its intention to do so in its electoral manifesto. The campaign sent Livingstone on a party roadshow conference in which he convinced the Liberal and Social Democratic parties to oppose abolition.
Using the slogan "say no to no say", they publicly highlighted that without the GLC, London would be the only capital city in Western Europe without a directly elected body.
The GLC was formally abolished at midnight on 31 March , with Livingstone marking the occasion by holding a free concert at Festival Hall. Livingstone defeated Reg Freeson in the selection process to represent Labour for the north-west London constituency of Brent East in the general election. In his maiden speech to Parliament in July , Livingstone used parliamentary privilege to raise a number of allegations made by Fred Holroyd , a former Special Intelligence Service operative in Northern Ireland.
Despite the convention of maiden speeches being non-controversial, Livingstone alleged that Holroyd had been mistreated when he tried to expose MI5 collusion with Ulster loyalist paramilitaries in the s.
Thatcher denounced his claims as "utterly contemptible". In the general election , John Major led the Conservatives to a narrow victory, resulting in Kinnock's resignation as Labour leader. Livingstone put his name forward, with Bernie Grant as his deputy, but they were not elected, with John Smith and Margaret Beckett taking the positions. Instead, Tony Blair was selected, with Livingstone predicting that he would be "the most right-wing leader" in Labour history. Ken Livingstone on the Labour leadership, Livingstone continued his association with members of Trotskyite group Socialist Action , with the group's leader John Ross becoming his most important adviser, teaching him about economics.
They campaigned on the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence and the rise of the far right British National Party, but were disadvantaged by an ongoing rivalry with the Anti-Nazi League. As his political significance waned, Livingstone gained more work in the media, commenting that the press "started to use me only once they thought I was harmless". By , various prominent public figures were arguing for the implementation of directly-elected mayors for large UK cities like London. Blair did not want Livingstone as London Mayor, claiming the latter was one of those who "almost knocked [the party] over the edge of the cliff into extinction" during the s.
Livingstone proclaimed Dobson to be "a tainted candidate" and stated his intention to run for the Mayoralty as an independent candidate. Aware that this would result in his expulsion from Labour, he publicly stated that "I have been forced to choose between the party I love and upholding the democratic rights of Londoners.
Much of Livingstone's first two years were devoted to setting up the Mayoral system and administration. He furthermore had strong concerns about safety; PPP would divide different parts of the Underground among various companies, something that he argued threatened a holistic safety and maintenance program. They launched court cases against the government over PPP in —02, but were ultimately unsuccessful, and the project went ahead, with the Underground being privatised in January Although he had initially stated that he would not do so, Livingstone's administration sought to phase out use of the Routemaster buses, the design for which dated to the s.
Although iconic, they were deemed hazardous and responsible for a high number of deaths and serious injuries as passengers climbed onto them, also being non-wheelchair accessible and thus not meeting the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act The process was gradual, with the last Routemaster being decommissioned in December While the Routemasters fitted 80 people on at one time, the articulated buses fitted up to passengers, however they were deemed dangerous for cyclists.
Livingstone sought to remove the pigeons from Trafalgar Square ; he tried to evict seed sellers and introduced hawks to scare the pigeons off.