Livingstone calls Chavez 's death a ` ` sad thing , '' calls him a ` ` friend and comrade '' Ex - mayor of London signed controversial deal for discounted Venezuelan fuel in 2007 . He said : `` Chavez saw clearly that his job was to look out for the people of Venezuela , but he also saw that it was a global struggle between the great corporations and the vast mass of the people who get screwed by them . '' Livingstone agreed to advise him in exchange for £ ##5 million fuel discount . Ex - mayor : ' ' differences between ` ` corporations and people who get screwed by them ''
Livingstone calls Chavez 's death a ` ` sad thing , '' calls him a ` ` friend and comrade '' Ex - mayor of London signed controversial deal for discounted Venezuelan fuel in 2007 . Livingstone agreed to advise him in exchange for £ ##5 million fuel discount . Ex - mayor : ' ' differences between ` ` corporations and people who get screwed by them ''