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Mayoral hopeful Ken attacks Conservatives “class war”

Mayoral contender Ken Livingstone writes in Tribune today, attacking David Cameron’s Conservative Party for waging a “class war” against average voters.

Livingstone argues that the Tories have “reverted to type”, and that “those on average incomes, the least well off, the unemployed, teachers, health workers and others must suffer from a savage attack on public spending”. Livingstone also claims that “a meaningful fight against climate change would be abandoned”.

“These are open class-war policies, with a vengeance”, he says.

In contrast to how he was portrayed during his last election campaign, Ken argues that “Labour should aim particularly to benefit the worst off in our society. But it cannot win with only their support”. Labour “can only win when it has the support of both those on ‘middle incomes’ and the less advantaged”. The Tories “would transfer resources from the average elector to the better off”.

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