Even if you find the bloke amusing, you've got to agree, he's a political lightweight and an upper class buffoon to boot. They used to say that everything that America does, we do 20 years later, but things seem to be moving a lot faster these days....... it was only 9 years ago that the Americans elected George Bush for the first time. At least you could have an interesting conversation with Ken Livingstone, even if you totally disagreed with his political views.