"[Pigeons are] rats with wings."
— Ken Livingstone
January 1, 1970
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Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Atheists from England
Labour Party (UK) politicians
People from London
Mayors of London
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Although Ken Livingstone has used this phrase on many occasions (including at the Greater London Authority 'People's Question Time' on 24 October 2000: see Hugh Muir, "Ken vows no surrender in tube funding battle", Evening Standard, October 25, 2000, p. 6), the phrase is not original. The screenplay for Stardust Memories, a 1980 film written and directed by Woody Allen, includes the following:Sandy Bates: What was that? What was that? Dorrie: Hey, that's so pretty. A pigeon! Sandy Bates: Geez …
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Although Ken Livingstone has used this phrase on many occasions (including at the Greater London Authority 'People's Question Time' on 24 October 2000: see Hugh Muir, "Ken vows no surrender in tube funding battle", Evening Standard, October 25, 2000, p. 6), the phrase is not original. The screenplay for Stardust Memories, a 1980 film written and directed by Woody Allen, includes the following:Sandy Bates: What was that? What was that? Dorrie: Hey, that's so pretty. A pigeon! Sandy Bates: Geez …