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Lord Sugar breaks Labour ranks to tweet 'don't vote for Ken Livingstone'
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| Contributor | New Jerusalem |
| Last Edited | New Jerusalem Apr 19, 2012 06:31pm |
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| Author | The Guardian |
| Media | Newspaper - Guardian |
| News Date | Friday, April 20, 2012 12:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Labour peer Lord Sugar has broken ranks on Twitter to say he thought no one should vote for Ken Livingstone, the party's candidate in the London mayoral elections.
Sugar also dismissed reports that he had considered running himself, saying it was "not possible" because of "too many commercial conflicts". He refused to state who he will support.
Lord Sugar, a prominent member of the Jewish community, has never been an admirer of Livingstone – who has fallen out with sections of the Jewish community.
Sugar tweeted: "I don't care if Ed Miliband is backing Livingstone. I seriously suggest NO-ONE votes for Livingstone in the Mayoral elections." He also wrote: "Livingstone must NOT get in on 3rd May."
Sugar donated a total of £69,000 to Labour or to Miliband's office in 2011, including a sum of £12,576 as recently as December.
Technically under party rules, Labour members are not supposed to recommend a vote for anyone but a Labour candidate, but party officials were playing down the row and pointing out that there had been a history of disagreement between the two men.
Alongside JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, Sugar is one of the best known Labour supporters, largely due to his appearance on The Apprentice.
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