Ken Livingstone faces calls for expulsion from Labour party

Critics say Labour's London mayoral candidate breached party rules by campaigning on behalf of a non-Labour candidate during a council election

Ken Livingstone today faced calls for his expulsion from the Labour party after he breached strict party rules by campaigning with a non-Labour election candidate.

Livingstone, who was selected as Labour candidate for the 2012 mayoral election less than a month ago, caused consternation yesterday when he joined the campaign trail with Lutfur Rahman, an independent standing against Labour's Helal Abbas in the election to become executive mayor of Tower Hamlets council.

Livingstone's actions pose a problem for the new Labour leader, Ed Miliband, who was elected the day after Livingstone secured the Labour candidature last month in a two-way contest against Oona King, former Bethnal Green and Bow MP.


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it was inevitable that some Labour members would back the other candidate. Labour have turned the selection process for their Tower Hamlets mayoral candidate into a complete and utter farce