You're Fired
For some time I have believed that Ken Livingstone is the wrong Labour candidate to be running for Mayor of London.
Everyone I know in London - who would otherwise be a natural Labour supporter - has deep misgivings about voting for the man - some have even said they won't support Ken under any circumstances.
That's certainly my view - and if I had a vote I certainly wouldn't be casting it in Ken's favour - because he's a dud.
Ken has been droning on for years about the need for more women - and more people from ethnic minority backgrounds - to occupy prominent positions in the Labour party.
Yet when push comes to shove - he doesn't step aside himself.
No, not a bit of it - Ken and his supporters find any old excuse for keeping their man in the ring - even though his sell by date was up long ago.
The final nail in Ken's coffin might well have been driven in by Lord Alan Sugar - a well known Labour supporter - who has come out and said publicly that Livingstone won't be getting his support.
Sugar's logic is impeccable - the voters of London have already fired Ken once - he's had his chance - now it's time to move on.
