John Rentoul:
I have seen some opinion polling data, which I hope to report on soon, which suggests that, unusually for a close election between a Labour and a Conservative candidate, there was little class differential in voting behaviour.
What there was was the reverse of the usual pattern, in that the working classes tended slightly to prefer Boris while the middle class marginally favoured Ken. What was most marked, however, was an ethnic divide. The result was that the white working class was the most heavily skewed in Boris's favour.
He wonders if Jon Cruddas would be available to tackle this problem for Labour in 2012. Livingstone, though, is available already and likely to stand. How would he reach out to those "natural" Labour voters who preferred Boris?
