Brian Paddick calls for Lee Jasper to resign

Heavy coverage for London Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick in the Evening Standard today with his call for Lee Jasper, one of Ken Livingstone’s senior advisers, to quit.

Brian headlines a series of people from across different parties calling for Jasper to go following the revelation that a series of emails raises rather a lot of questions over Lee Jasper’s previous denials that he had any close involvement in a series of controversial London Development Agency grants:

This is a very sad day, not just for Lee Jasper but for the black community in London. From the evidence I have seen it appear to me that Mr Jasper’s position is untenable and he should resign.

P.S. Number of grants now subject to police investigation: 6.

P.P.S. Total value of grants criticised in Deloitte report earlier this week for not having proper financial controls: £18.5 million.

P.P.P.S Number of comments from Ken Livingstone admitting there might be something wrong with this state of affairs: 0.