World | London Blair Weighs In on London's Neck-and-Neck Mayoral Race Ex-PM comes to aid of sworn foe Livingstone By Jason Farago Posted Apr 24, 2008 7:54 AM CDT Copied Mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, right, listens to the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone as they travel on a hybrid double-decker bus on their way to City Hall, London, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, Pool) With one week to go, the two main candidates in the race for mayor of London—maverick Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone and clownish Tory Boris Johnson—remain neck-and-neck. As the Labour Party realizes that it could lose the most important elected office in Britain, the Guardian reveals that Livingstone is receiving help from his former sworn enemies: Tony Blair and his spin doctor, Alistair Campbell. The far-left Livingstone was booted from Labour and ran as an independent against the party's mayoral candidate in 2000, winning in a landslide. Now Blair, who once warned Livingstone would be "a disaster," is advising the mayor on how to win a third term. Livingstone has also been speaking daily to Gordon Brown, another former enemy; the PM is anxious about losing London in the first major election of his premiership. Read These Next New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Man accused of killing his daughters might be dead. Her blood isn't compatible with anyone else's. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. Report an error