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Article: The Milky Bar Kid is back Ken Livingstone returns to County Hall - even if it's only to reveal what he'd do for a bar of white chocolate. By Tracey MacLeod; Blair apparatchiks take note - the spectre of Ken Livingstone as Mayor of London could evaporate with an investment in white chocolate mousse Photographs by Morley von Sternberg
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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Short of taking Dr Crippen to Pharmacy, or Elvis to a Burger King,
it's hard to imagine a more poignant combination of guest and lunch-
spot than Ken Livingstone and the new restaurant at County Hall.
Since the GLC was abolished in 1986, its fiery last leader has seen
his former headquarters fall to the enemy forces of international
capitalism, sold off by the Conservative government to a Japanese
corporation.
And now, to add insult to injury, he must eat an expensive meal in
the new five-star Marriott Hotel, while outside the windows, the
terrace is prepared for a Peter Andre concert. The same terrace
from which Ken once hung a banner carrying the latest unemployment
figures will be ...