He continues his criticism of Goldsmith’s campaign and praises London for choosing “hope over fear, and unity over division”.
This negative Toryism can eke out victories against average opponents, but it is no guide to winning well – or at all at a time when capitalism is being questioned.
“It’s outrageous to say you shouldn’t share a platform with people of conservative religious views.”
What the claims and post-mortems will look like – and, either way, there will be at least one Commons by-election.
This must be a priority for the next incumbent of City Hall, whoever it may be.
But the Conservative candidate for Mayor London has performed the valuable function of clarifying what can and can’t be said.
Is it seriously only legitimate to ask such questions of a white man but not, in exactly the same terms, of a Muslim?
What emerges through the mists is a more-or-less standard left-wing politician, but with a sensitive nose for where the political wind will blow next.
His warm words are all well and good, but they have to be backed up with action.
Plus: Obama: so that went well, then. Scotland: will it go well for Davidson? Wales – it may go well for Neil Hamilton (remember him).
To cope with a surging population, the capital must not delay new transport projects.
The charges are not “smears” but grounded in evidence.
Plus: The ludicrous Evan Harris. My broken mobile. The menace of TTIP. The smears of Yvette Cooper. And: why Polly Toynbee swiftly changed the subject.
It includes a commitment to secure 500,000 new jobs through his Action Plan for Greater London.
Every Muslim member of the Party who discussed the campaign with me understood the messages in this way – as have many, probably most, non-Muslim commentators.