And now the police step in…

It’s emerged that Lee Jasper has been suspended from his role as Ken Livingstone’s race adviser, as police investigate a number of suspect spending decisions that he had a hand in.

This is the last thing Livingstone needed.  He’s come under heavy fire recently, but he can expect much worse now there’s the whiff of a criminal investigation around his team.  Guido’s already got his teeth stuck in – pointing out that Livingstone gave his fullest backing to Jasper only 12 hours ago…