Race Rows in London's Mayoral Election

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Nobody expects politicians to play nice all the time but I think many of us in the UK have been pretty disgusted by the racial undertones surrounding yesterday's election for the London Mayor. To be fair, the last two mayors have both been controversial figures so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that the leading candidates this time have been rather colourful characters. The Conservative candidate - Zac Goldsmith - and his party leader David Cameron have made some very unpleasant allegations that the Labour candidate, Sadiq Khan has some unpleasant friends. Let's get down to it - we have a Jewish Conservative attempting to exploit recent 'anti-semitic' issues in the Labour party whilst attacking the Labour candidate for hanging around with Islamic extremists. Apparently it's OK to accuse your opposition candidate's party leadership of being anti-semitic whilst you throw stones at him for being a Muslim. Sadiq Khan's background is as an international Human Rights lawyer - so nobody should be so surprised that he's defended people who might not be on everybody's Christmas card list. Politics is a dirty business. I'm sitting here with my fingers crossed and hoping that Sadiq Khan can hold onto his lead and win this election. Not because I know, like or admire him - but because anybody who plays dirty on racial grounds like Zac Goldsmith has been doing deserves to get his butt kicked by the general public. (Must have been great fun around the Goldsmith table when Zac's sister was married to Pakistani cricketer turned politician Imran Khan)