Ken Livingstone thanks political activist Mosabbir

Written by Administrator Tuesday, 13 May 2008 14:16

London's ex Mayor Ken Livingstone has written to local community activist Mosabbir Ali, thanking him for his support during the 2008 London Mayor and GLA election campaign. Mr Livingstone wrote; "I am writing to thank you for your contribution to the Mayoral election campaign. Obviously we did not win, but what was achieved in a very difficult national context was remarkable.

Mosabbir believes that the shift in power to the  Conservatives was assisted by the collapse of the Liberal Democrats in London, in part due to the conservative nature of their London Mayoral campaign.

Mosabbir said; "It is noteworthy that a number of parties to the right of the Tories notably the BNP polled much higher in the Assembly list than in the Mayoral vote, suggesting that some of their voters voted tactically for Boris Johnson. The BNP got 61,004 votes more in the Assembly list than in the Mayoral election, for example."