By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter During Ed Miliband's Q&A on Twitter yesterday, one of my questions the Labour leader refused to answer was whether he was happy for Ken Livingstone's 2012 mayoral campaign "to be bankrolled by the militant, striking and disruptive RMT". As I say, I didn't get a response, but Tory pressure […]
By Jonathan IsabyFollow Jonathan on Twitter On yesterday's newslinks I included the story about how Ken Livingstone had likened Edward Lister, the former Wandsworth Council leader and now chief of staff to Boris Johson, to Ratko Mladic. Livingstone, who will of course be challenging Boris for the London mayoralty again next May, was first reported […]
By Jonathan Isaby It would appear that Ken Livingstone thinks he will have a chance of being returning as London Mayor next year if he manages to spout entirely contradictory policy positions to different audiences over the next thirteen months. His official transport policy document – still available on his campaign website as a pdf […]
By Jonathan Isaby Still no reaction, let alone action, from Ed Miliband or anyone else in Labour's leadership team over Ken Livingstone's campaigning for the Independent candidate – against Labour's nominee – in Thursday's mayoral election in Tower Hamlets. However, the two Labour MPs in Tower Hamlets, Jim Fitzpatrick and Rushanara Ali, have condemned the […]
By Jonathan Isaby On Tuesday night Jeremy Brier wrote this CentreRight post flagging up the fact that Ken Livingstone, now Labour's official candidate for the London Mayoralty in 2012, was actively campaigning for the Independent candidate in yesterday's Tower Hamlets mayoral election. As it happens, the Independent, Lutfur Rahman, beat the Labour official candidate, but, […]
By Jonathan Isaby Tim noted on Sunday that it will not be easy for Boris Johnson to win a second term as London Mayor, not least because the election will come in May 2012 at a time when the Coalition Government's cuts are biting and anyone donning a blue rosette is liable to suffer the […]