Secretive graffiti artist Banksy is among more than 20 artists who have donated work to raise cash for Ken Livingstone's mayoral election campaign.
Banksy, who has become a favourite of celebrities including Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, is supporting Livingstone's bid to keep his job in the May election.
Banksy's work will go on sale in March alongside pieces from Antony Gormley, who created the Angel of the North, and Jeremy Deller, who won the Turner prize in 2004.
The works will be sold at auction at the Aquarium Gallery in Farringdon next month, with all proceeds going towards Livingstone's campaign to secure a third term in the May 1 elections.
Mr Livingstone, who was first elected as mayor in 2000, said: "London is a city where the arts flourish.
"Artists in all fields make a central contribution to how we see our city and our society as a whole, and I am delighted that so many fantastic artists are willing to contribute in this practical way to helping keep London on a progressive and forward-thinking path."
Posted by: Muhammad Haque, London, UK on 4:36pm Sat 2 Feb 08
You say that the “secretive graffiti artist banksy is among more than 20 artists who have donated work to raise cash for ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign.”
Why would anyone donate cash for Ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign?
Isn’t Livingstone supposed to be the ‘official candidate’ fur a particular political party with a budget and a campaign fund of its ‘own’ for the scheduled 1 May 2008 mayor and GLA elections?
What is it that Ken Livingstone cannot do around the 1 May 2008 elections without extra cash that he has been allowed to do at the expense of the people of London for the past eight years since being given the cash and the cushions by Tony Blair?
Did you tell your readers and visitors how much Livingstone paid to his advisers and their advisers ? Did you do so by breaking down the figures year by year?
Did you publish a list of the mainstream media slots that ken Livingstone gets given without his having to spend a single penny from his own pocket?
Is Ken Livingstone running
Does this mean that the “secretive graffiti artist” will break out of his or her lucrative business of being in secret and show to ordinary people in London what he or she may look like, what their ideological affiliations are, what they have to say about the multi £ billion budget over which the holder of the office of mayor of London exercises such unaccountable damaging and wasteful power, what they actually know about the role that Ken Livingstone has been playing in imposing the agenda for big business control of society….. And a thousand other questions about London and the future of the people…?
Khoodeelaar! the Brick Lane, Whitechapel and Stepney London E1 Area campaign against the Crossrail hole Bill and against the Big Bossiness agenda against London communities that Ken Livingstone has been fronting
1635 Hrs GMT
London Saturday
2 February 2008
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You say that the “secretive graffiti artist banksy is among more than 20 artists who have donated work to raise cash for ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign.”
Why would anyone donate cash for Ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign?
Isn’t Livingstone supposed to be the ‘official candidate’ fur a particular political party with a budget and a campaign fund of its ‘own’ for the scheduled 1 May 2008 mayor and GLA elections?
What is it that Ken Livingstone cannot do around the 1 May 2008 elections without extra cash that he has been allowed to do at the expense of the people of London for the past eight years since being given the cash and the cushions by Tony Blair?
Did you tell your readers and visitors how much Livingstone paid to his advisers and their advisers ? Did you do so by breaking down the figures year by year?
Did you publish a list of the mainstream media slots that ken Livingstone gets given without his having to spend a single penny from his own pocket?
Is Ken Livingstone running
Does this mean that the “secretive graffiti artist” will break out of his or her lucrative business of being in secret and show to ordinary people in London what he or she may look like, what their ideological affiliations are, what they have to say about the multi £ billion budget over which the holder of the office of mayor of London exercises such unaccountable damaging and wasteful power, what they actually know about the role that Ken Livingstone has been playing in imposing the agenda for big business control of society….. And a thousand other questions about London and the future of the people…?
Khoodeelaar! the Brick Lane, Whitechapel and Stepney London E1 Area campaign against the Crossrail hole Bill and against the Big Bossiness agenda against London communities that Ken Livingstone has been fronting
1635 Hrs GMT
London Saturday
2 February 2008
Posted by: Muhammad Haque, London, UK on 4:55pm Sat 2 Feb 08
You say that the “secretive graffiti artist banksy is among more than 20 artists who have donated work to raise cash for ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign.”
Why would anyone donate cash for ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign?
Isn’t Livingstone supposed to be the ‘official candidate’ for a particular political party with a budget and a campaign fund of its ‘own’ for the scheduled 1 may 2008 mayor and gla ['Greater London Assembly'] elections?
What is it that ken Livingstone cannot do around the 1 may 2008 elections without extra cash that he has been allowed to do at the expense of the people of London for the past eight years since being given the cash and the cushions by Tony Blair?
Did you tell your readers and visitors how much Livingstone paid to his advisers and their advisers ? Did you do so by breaking down the figures year by year?
Did you publish a list of the mainstream media slots that ken Livingstone gets given without his having to spend a single penny from his own pocket?
Does this mean that the “secretive graffiti artist” will break out of his or her lucrative business of being in secret and show to ordinary people in London what he or she may look like, what their ideological affiliations are, what they have to say about the multi £ billion budget over which the holder of the office of mayor of London exercises such unaccountable damaging and wasteful power, what they actually know about the role that ken Livingstone has been playing in imposing the agenda for big business control of society….. And a thousand other questions about London and the future of the people…?
Is ken Livingstone still running as an ‘independent’ candidate fir the post of mayor, as he almost confessed to in his most recent reported boast [as made to the pliant R4 'Today' presenter James Naughtie] about the phenomenal, Chicago-mayor-like power that he enjoys and is allowed to take for granted ?
Is this why Matthew Parris – a very unaccountable plugger himself in the ‘mainstream media’ [generally and via the various bribe-a-talking-head-PR slots run by the BBC in particular] of the Crossrail hole plot [the 'Crossrail' scam] - has gone into purdah over Livingstone’s candidature? It was Parris who had broached the idea in 2007 that Livingstone must use dishonest tactics, betray whatever trust he claimed he was worth within the Blaired Party and stand as an independent candidate unless the Blaired Government declared its commitment to the CRASSRail project.
Organiser
Khoodeelaar! The Brick Lane, Whitechapel and Stepney London E1 area campaign against the crossrail hole bill and against the big bossiness agenda against London communities that Ken Livingstone has been fronting
1655 HRS GMT
London Saturday
2 February 2008
[quote]quote[/quote]
You say that the “secretive graffiti artist banksy is among more than 20 artists who have donated work to raise cash for ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign.”
Why would anyone donate cash for ken Livingstone’s mayoral election campaign?
Isn’t Livingstone supposed to be the ‘official candidate’ for a particular political party with a budget and a campaign fund of its ‘own’ for the scheduled 1 may 2008 mayor and gla elections?
What is it that ken Livingstone cannot do around the 1 may 2008 elections without extra cash that he has been allowed to do at the expense of the people of London for the past eight years since being given the cash and the cushions by Tony Blair?
Did you tell your readers and visitors how much Livingstone paid to his advisers and their advisers ? Did you do so by breaking down the figures year by year?
Did you publish a list of the mainstream media slots that ken Livingstone gets given without his having to spend a single penny from his own pocket?
Does this mean that the “secretive graffiti artist” will break out of his or her lucrative business of being in secret and show to ordinary people in London what he or she may look like, what their ideological affiliations are, what they have to say about the multi £ billion budget over which the holder of the office of mayor of London exercises such unaccountable damaging and wasteful power, what they actually know about the role that ken Livingstone has been playing in imposing the agenda for big business control of society….. And a thousand other questions about London and the future of the people…?
Is ken Livingstone still running as an ‘independent’ candidate fir the post of mayor, as he almost confessed to in his most recent reported boast about the phenomenal, Chicago-mayor-like power that he enjoys and is allowed to take for granted ?
Is this why Matthew Parris – a very unaccountable plugger himself in the ‘mainstream media’ of the Crossrail hole plot - has gone into purdah over Livingstone’s candidature? It was Parris who had broached the idea in 2007 that Livingstone must use dishonest tactics, betray whatever trust he claimed he was worth within the Blaired Party and stand as an independent candidate unless the Blaired Government declared its commitment to the CRASSRail project.
Organiser
Khoodeelaar! The Brick Lane, Whitechapel and Stepney London E1 area campaign against the crossrail hole bill and against the big bossiness agenda against London communities that Ken Livingstone has been fronting
1655 HRS GMT
London Saturday
2 February 2008
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