London's Mayor

This is what the Guardian describes as Ken Livingstone being "in fine form":

What, I wonder, did he learn from the Finegold episode? "That you've got to stand up to reporters - particularly reporters in league with the Tory party and the Evening Standard, and the Board Of Deputies [of British Jews] who are trying force you into an apology." No regrets at all, then? "No. Because the moment I allow newspaper editors to determine my behaviour, I'm no longer any use to Londoners. Every now and then you hit something, and they ratchet up the pain to intolerable levels. But the moment you give in, they'll find your breaking point, and they'll go straight for it every time in the future.

"Finegold is by no means the worst, but when you're dealing with reporters, sometimes the things they say to you would send almost anybody into a violent rage. I've had people say to me, 'Do you have to pay £5 when you enter your partner to make her pregnant?' That was Virgin Radio, outside my house, just before the congestion charge came in. That kind of thing is said simply so you'll smash them in the mouth."