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| Livingstone 'doesn't blame Brown' | Livingstone 'doesn't blame Brown' |
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| Ken Livingstone has said he does not blame Gordon Brown for his failure to win a third term as London mayor. | Ken Livingstone has said he does not blame Gordon Brown for his failure to win a third term as London mayor. |
| He told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show Labour's poll ratings had made it difficult to win but his "personal vote" should have been higher too. | |
| And he refused to add his voice to calls for Mr Brown to go, advising the prime minister to "hang on in there". | And he refused to add his voice to calls for Mr Brown to go, advising the prime minister to "hang on in there". |
| He also spoke of his fascination with watching his Conservative successor Boris Johnson work. | He also spoke of his fascination with watching his Conservative successor Boris Johnson work. |
| In his first broadcast interview since leaving office, Mr Livingstone said losing the mayoralty had been like a "bereavement" but he was over it now. | In his first broadcast interview since leaving office, Mr Livingstone said losing the mayoralty had been like a "bereavement" but he was over it now. |
| Asked by Andrew Marr if he was "stalking" his successor, 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. | Asked by Andrew Marr if he was "stalking" his successor, 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." | "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 was spotted in the public gallery when Mr Johnson faced London Assembly members at his first mayor's question time. | Mr Livingstone was spotted in the public gallery when Mr Johnson faced London Assembly members at his first mayor's question time. |
| The ex-London mayor said he did not think changing Labour's leader would "change the outcome of the next election". | The ex-London mayor said he did not think changing Labour's leader would "change the outcome of the next election". |