If Ken Livingstone loses office tomorrow, however, and Boris Johnson becomes mayor of London, Gilligan will have proved himself one of the one most influential players in the election. For the past six months, he has been waging a relentless campaign in the pages of the capital's only paid-for newspaper, the London Evening Standard, under headlines such as "Ken's adviser is linked to terror group",
According to Gilligan
his style of government is fundamentally unpleasant and unscrupulous and cynical. He's got a sort of governing MO [modus operandi] which I absolutely deplore - which is essentially to segment the population, which is defined by one thing. If you're a Muslim, to Ken that's all you are. I'm saying he practises the politics of division."
Furthermore he believes that Ken is not a progressive but a reactionary politican.
"One of the key problems in this city is there's a massive gulf between the rich and the poor. And what we have in the East End, literally within sight of the City, is the lowest area of employment in the country,
He refutes though one of the main speculations aboit his campiagn which is that he was taken on my Boris at the Spectator following the Hutton inquiry.
My relationship with Boris is not that close, I promise. I've never been to his house, I've never had a non-professional relationship with him.
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