You Can't Say That: Memoirs - Softcover

'Names are names, enemies excoriated, friends praised . . . highly readable.' -- Chris Mullin, New Statesman

'A portrait of one of the most fascinating characters in British politics today.' --Decca Aitkenhead, Guardian

'Thoroughly entertaining and sharply amusing.' -- Rod Liddle, Sunday Times

'Thirty years on, Red Ken is still standing, having given the Thatcher government a bloody nose, faced down Tony Blair and emerged once again to contest the capital.' --Seumas Milne, Guardian

'Nuanced . . . interesting . . . entertaining.' John Kampfner, Observer

'Highly absorbing.' --Financial Times

'Thoroughly entertaining and sharply amusing.' -- Rod Liddle, Sunday Times
'Thirty years on, Red Ken is still standing, having given the Thatcher government a bloody nose, faced down Tony Blair and emerged once again to contest the capital.' --Seumas Milne, Guardian

'Nuanced . . . interesting . . . entertaining.' John Kampfner, Observer
'Highly absorbing.' --Financial Times

A frank, gripping, moving - and controversial - autobiography from one of the most idiosyncratic and effective politicians of the last fifty years. His political convictions, his distance from New Labour, and his direct, plain-speaking style and personality have allowed him to survive longer than any of his contemporaries as a man of principle and influence. From his eccentric South London working class childhood to running one of the biggest cities in the world, Livingstone is one of the very few politicians to have scored a major victory over the Thatcher Government and has championed issues as diverse as the environment, gay rights and anti-racism. Written in Livingstone's unmistakable voice, by turns angrily sincere about social injustice, wickedly droll and gossipy, and surprisingly wistful about people he has known and loved, this is a hugely important and remarkable book from one of the very few respected politicians at work today.