Sky.com is reporting that Labour is planning an all-out negative assault on Tory mayoral candidate Boris Johnson. The attacks will be led by Communities Secretary Hazel Blears at Labour's spring conference beginning today in Birmingham.
Ms Blears is expected to say: "Boris is no joke. He's a nasty, right-wing elitist, with odious views and criminal friends like Conrad Black."
The negative attacks may be a reaction to Ken Livingstone's deteriorating poll position. Earlier this week a YouGov poll of more than 1,000 London voters gave Boris Johnson a 5% lead. An analysis by PoliticalBetting.com of an older MORI poll, carried out for the Livingstone campaign, showed Boris Johnson beginning to win the crucial second preference votes.
7pm: Hazel's charm offensive continues. RedBox's Sam Coates reports:
"It's bash Boris day, as the sharp-quilled yet perfectly attired Broganblog has highlighted. The attack dogs today are Hazel Blears and Tessa Jowell. Both formerly strong Blairites, they nevertheless get the "leftie-ometer" ringing quite loud with quite vicious class attacks on Boris and "Dave". It seems that if you can't do left, do class.
Hazel, in particular, related a frankly rather unpleasant tale of how she ambushed Daid Cameron at Salford "Lad's Club". He was there to get an autograph from members of The Smiths, who were performing. So the Communities Secretary organised an ambush mob with signs saying "Oi Dave - Eton's Lads' Club is 300 miles that way" and "Salford Lads not Eton snobs". He was forced out the back door and went home without an autograph.
And that night I sent him a photo of me outside Salford's Lads' Club, with greetings from Salford!
Charming..."
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