Firstly the question of Ken's tax avoidance. Labour's ever vocal champion of the poor has been smacked around recently the way he has organised his finances. Ken has avoided paying the 50p top rate of tax - which he earnestly supports - by paying himself through a front company Ken is managing to get away with the much lower corporate rate, about 20 percent. Mehdi Hasan spectacularly broke ranks to criticise Ken last night, though he still some how managed to bring it round to a ringing endorsement for the Labour candidate. It's funny that Ken thinks the government should block people from voting or holding public office if they avoid tax, yet somehow manages to justify his behaviour to himself. One rule for Ken, another for the nasty bankers.
Meanwhile, Livingstone bizarrely requested that the government introduce legislation barring an individual from holding any other employment while serving as Mayor of London. This would of course force Boris to give up his newspaper column, though is another hypocritical turn from the former mayor, who held several other jobs during his time in office. The government's response, written by the rather witty Grant Shapps MP, is quite a good read.
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