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Boris: Ken's comments are 'deeply offensive'

Boris Johnson. Credit: Reuters

The Conservative camp have been quick to agree with Brian Paddick's comments about Ken Livingstone. A spokesperson for Boris Johnson said:

"Ken Livingstone only knows one type of politics - the politics of division.

"His deeply offensive attacks on Jewish people, bankers and political opponents are deliberate political calculations to attempt to gain more votes in one area, than he thinks he will lose in another.

"In contrast Boris Johnson is a Mayor for all Londoners. He treats all Londoners equally. Putting 1,000 more police on the street makes Londoners safer for all."

Paddick: "Ken should be ashamed"

Brian Paddick, the Lib Dem mayoral candidate, has launched an angry attack on Ken Livingstone. In a speech in Canary Wharf, Mr Paddick said his Labour opponent should be "ashamed" after the former mayor was reported to have made controversial comments about homosexuality and the Jewish community.

Mr Livingstone has said the homosexuality remark was actually a compliment and denied making the comment about the Jewish community.

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