System `will favour Dobson'

London - Mr Ken Livingstone last night complained that the British Labour Party had designed a selection process aimed at installing…

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."

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