London - Mr Ken Livingstone last night complained that the British Labour Party had designed a selection process aimed at installing the ex-health secretary, Mr Frank Dobson, as his party's candidate for mayor of London.
Mr Livingstone, speaking after Labour's National Executive Committee had ruled on London's selection procedure, said: "I think it's most probably the system that will maximise his [Mr Dobson's] vote and clearly that is the leadership's outcome."