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| Livingstone 'fascinated by Boris' | |
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| Ken Livingstone has spoken of his fascination with watching his successor as London mayor Boris Johnson at work. | |
| Mr Livingstone has been a frequent visitor to City Hall since losing to Mr Johnson in last month's election. | |
| Asked by Andrew Marr if he was "stalking" Mr Johnson, Mr Livingstone said: "I find it fascinating watching Boris do the job I was doing". | |
| In his broadcast interview since leaving office, he told the BBC losing the mayoralty was like a "bereavement". | |
| But "unlike a real bereavement", he said he was over it within a few days and was now concentrating on other things. | |
| Mr Livingstone was spotted in the public gallery when Mr Johnson faced London Assembly members at his first mayor's question time. | |
| Tackled about it by Andrew Marr, Mr Livingstone said: "I find it fascinating watching Boris do the job I was doing, working out how I'd do it differently, looking at what I think are the mistakes which will bring him down in four years. | |
| "I find it fascinating, you can go and sit and watch two and half hours of Boris and it's free. You pay about ten quid to get into a cinema." | |
| Mr Livingstone said Labour's poll ratings had made it impossible for him to win a third term as London mayor. | |
| But he said he did not blame Gordon Brown for last month's defeat and advised the PM to "hang on in there". | But he said he did not blame Gordon Brown for last month's defeat and advised the PM to "hang on in there". |
| He said a change of Labour leader would not "change the outcome of the next election". | |