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Labour MP Kate Hoey will work as an adviser for Boris Johnson if the Tory candidate becomes London's mayor. | |
Ms Hoey said even though she will be Mr Jonhson's adviser on sport and the 2012 London Olympics, she is not endorsing him for mayor and will vote Labour. | |
Labour mayor Ken Livingstone said Ms Hoey had been "a sort of semi-detached member of the party in recent years". | |
Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick said: "Kate Hoey is bonkers - they make a perfect couple." | Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick said: "Kate Hoey is bonkers - they make a perfect couple." |
Mr Johnson had said the MP for the south London constituency of Vauxhall will be part of his administration. | |
I support the Labour Government Kate Hoey | |
But the former sports minister denied this saying: "The key part of the Boris Johnson statement - ie that I will be the first member of his administration - is wrong. | |
"I have simply agreed ... that I will advise on a non-partisan basis in respect of my lifetime commitment to bringing sport to the people of London. | |
"I am a Labour MP and I am standing for Labour at the next election. I support the Labour Government." | |
Mr Johnson had said: "I am delighted to announce that Kate Hoey will join me in my administration if I win on 1 May. | |
"She and I agree that there is much more that can be done to promote sport and to develop sporting facilities across London. | |
"I am determined to bring talent from across politics and the community to a new administration." | |
'Wembley fiasco' | |
Speaking on LBC radio, Mr Livingstone described Ms Hoey as "eccentric". | Speaking on LBC radio, Mr Livingstone described Ms Hoey as "eccentric". |
"She was one of the few Labour MPs to vote against banning fox-hunting," he told LBC Radio. | "She was one of the few Labour MPs to vote against banning fox-hunting," he told LBC Radio. |
"But I'm surprised he's going to take her advice on sport because I think the reason Tony Blair sacked her at the end of his first term, was because she'd been involved in all the fiasco over Wembley. | "But I'm surprised he's going to take her advice on sport because I think the reason Tony Blair sacked her at the end of his first term, was because she'd been involved in all the fiasco over Wembley. |
"But I suppose she knows more about it than Boris does." | "But I suppose she knows more about it than Boris does." |
Londoners go to the polls on Thursday. | Londoners go to the polls on Thursday. |