Here is a little snippet
This paper believes that the key issues in this contest are honesty and
competence. On both, Mr Livingstone falls down badly. His broken promises and
the irregularities surrounding some of his closest associates - exposed by our
reporting - show that he cannot be trusted to maintain the standards of
integrity that his office demands.
Meanwhile if you want the alternaitive view,have a look at the Guardian in an article by Zoe Williams which says
He is no more honest than any other philanderer before him. He has lied flagrantly, flamboyantly, to save his marriage, and given how little else he's prepared to do for it, one must conclude that he doesn't put a very great premium on telling the truth. So if he gives out these apparently harsh truths about gay people or Liverpudlians or the people of Congo, it is not because the fire of truth burns so brightly within him that he can't snuff it out. It is because he genuinely despises these people. He despises gays and he despises provincials (you are all right with Boris if you come from Liverpool but don't sound like a Liverpudlian. Once you've been to public school, then you are from postcode POSH), and he despises Africans. He despises them, and he despises those of us who would hold such judgments to be bigoted and inhuman.
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