My latest Cif effort starts like this:
One side believes Ken Livingstone lost London to Boris Johnson last year because he was tired, arrogant and out of touch; he ignored the suburbs; he handled the Lee Jasper affair badly; the old Ken charm deserted him. The other side sees things very differently. For it, the relative narrowness of Livingstone's defeat represents a triumph against overwhelming odds; on the same day as Labour was being crushed in local elections up and down the land, the Ken vote held up well; his performance provides a vindication not an indictment of his campaign. Who is right?
Now read on.
