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Hockney quits London mayoral race
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Mar 27, 2008 06:36pm |
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| Media | TV News - British Broadcasting Corporation BBC News |
| News Date | Friday, March 28, 2008 12:35:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | One London party candidate Damian Hockney has quit the race to be mayor of London, blaming a lack of media opportunities for parties such as his.
The 51-year-old said "smaller groups" were "effectively barred" from certain types of campaigning, such as TV advertising and mailshots to voters.
Rules meant broadcasters each offered only one pre-election "slot", he added.
Mr Hockney, a London Assembly member, was a vice-chairman of UKIP and deputy leader of breakaway group Veritas.
He said there were far more opportunities for larger political parties during an election campaign such as the London race.
"As a smaller group, we are effectively barred from writing by means of the laws, for example, to every single voter in London.
"We are barred from TV advertising and we are barred from getting the message across above a certain level of spin," he told BBC London 94.9.
The BBC, ITV - they give a kind of what I would call uncritical patsy coverage
Damian Hockney
He also claimed the mayoral race was "a media election, fought just in the media".
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