I was in the audience for the Intelligence Squared / Sky News Mayoral debate on Monday night and am delighted to see that Martin Parsons has mentioned here the crucial issue that the press seem to be missing. On Monday Boris once again stated that he didn't want the second-votes of people voting for the BNP. It is of course odious that a conservative could even be thought to appeal to such thugs and fascists so that such a refutation should be required. But the Livingstone corollary has barely been looked at, or the respective follow-on questions asked of him.
When confronted with the fact that his campaign for re-election was being supported by Hamas and Muslim Brotherhood supporters, Livingstone's response was that you can't choose your supporters. As the Boris Johnson - BNP issue has shown, of course you can. Or at the very least, you can suggest who should not support you.
Perhaps before the voters go to the polls Mr Livingstone might consider announcing that he does not want the first or second preference votes of people who support terrorism. At the same time, perhaps he might rescind his comments of endorsement for that degraded former comrade of his who has propagandised for Baathist dictator after Baathist dictator.