Johnson supporters have already attacked Doreen Lawrence before Christmas.

For Gilligan to do so again, when she has been a tireless campaigner for better community relations and to root out institutional racism shows the lack of interest in tackling these serious issues.

Gilligan is a bully, bent on attacking minority communities. If Johnson can't disassociate himself from these attacks he is just as guilty.

And surely Cameron can't be happy with Johnson's main mouthpiece in the London press attacking the capital's leading black and environmental organisations. Are these not the people the new Cuddly Conservatives want onside?

firstly, to suggest that Doreen Lawrence is motivated by money and has been bought off to make comments on the candidates IS an attack and Andrew knows it.  I think we are all past the point of thinking that he is a "factual" or objective journalist given his weekly "I back Boris" articles.

Mrs Lawrence's son was murdered in a racist attack and the Lawrence Inquiry showed the level of racism black people face. 

It is completely appropriate for her to make comment about Boris' regressiveness as an MP on the Lawrence Inquiry.  Anyone who has faced racism will know that her motives are legitimate : to ensure that London has a Mayor who will have a strong anti-racist agenda.  All candidates should be scrutinised on where they stand on the lawrence inquiry - good race relations in London are essential and Boris is a spectacular failure in this area. 

Gilligan, of course, has openly supported Boris from the beginning but probably understands that he is dealing with one of the most backward candidates to be put up for public office, pariticularly on the issue of racism; not a good move by the tories when a third of the electorate in london faces racism and will be offended by his insults.   So the strategy is simple - attack the black communities - bring them down so that Boris is elevated amidst the carnage.  

Up until now, the charge in the standard has been that black people are crooks stealing money, now it is that the families of the victims of racist murders are also taking money in order to intervene into the election.  How many more stereotypes can you fit into that rag of yours?

I thought we had banished such attacks on the black community to the bad old days of fleet street under thatcher, when the likes of the Sun provided a chorus call to attack Ken for doing exactly what he is doing now - supporting disadvantaged communties and providing a strong equalities agenda.  Its a shame that such Alf Garnett politics are finding their way into a forward looking city like London in the 21st century.  Well at least you are providing us with an insight of what backwardness we can expect if Boris and his supporters (which now includes the celebrity millionaire sexist bigot Peter Stringfellow) should ever get near City Hall. 

Finally, if you are going to sling around the charge of a financial pay off Andrew, dont you think you should declare the fact that you have a vested interest in being the warm up act for your ex-boss Boris, who gave you a job at the spectator after you were sacked at the BBC? 

I agree with you on that, ken will win because he is a socialist, because out of all of New labour he is doing his best to make his job count, and giving money towards fighting racism is not a problem for me, £1.9 million or £5 million if it saves another child from dying because of the affliction people seem to have over colour it;s money well spent.