Left of centre pressure group Compass has put out a document today that seeks to expose Boris Johnson as a member of the hard Tory right.
I doubt whether that will come as much of a surprise to many people. The tactics of this report are debatable, but it is certainly right to argue that "The battle lines of future political wars between left and right are going to be fought in London over the next ten months."
Underneath the media circus, a Livingstone-Johnson contest would be one of the most ideologically polarised elections in recent history. If Johnson’s right-wing populism is a threat to Livingstone, it also risks undermining David Cameron’s faltering attempts to reposition the Conservatives towards the centre-ground, and the Bullingdon Club connection might make it difficult for the Tory leader to distance himself if the Johnson campaign implodes.
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