Much is beyond our Ken, but nothing, it seems, is beneath him.

I'm not one to preach to my fellow Londoners - by 'eck,  I'm not even a native Londoner - but do we really want a mayor who looks like this?

Campaigning: Ken Livingstone on the trail at Northolt mosque in Ealing over the weekend

Ken is already a past master of taqiyya. From the London Evening Standard:

Ken Livingstone supporters are claiming that Boris Johnson would ban the Koran in adverts in the capital's Bengali-language press.

The claim is one of a number of last-minute tactics - condemned by Mr Johnson today as "poison" and "desperate" - being used by Mr Livingstone's backers to sway crucial votes. The "dirty tricks" were uncovered in a Standard investigation which also found that:

• Bengali-language leaflets are being handed out at mosques saying that Mr Johnson "hates Muslims" and it is a "moral duty" for Muslims to support Mr Livingstone.

• One of Mr Livingstone's key advisers has promised to give members of one ethnic community "well-paid jobs", with salaries of up to £80,000, if he is re-elected.

• TfL has embarked on a massive pre-election advertising blitz in parts of the ethnic press, which have then offered full support for Mr Livingstone's re-election.

The Bengali-language leaflet, a copy of which has been obtained by the Standard, was handed out at Friday prayers last week at mosques in Brick Lane and other Bengali parts of the East End. According to an independent translation, it says: "Boris has expressed his hatred against Islam, the Koran and the Muslims... It is Muslims' moral duty to support Ken." The other side of the leaflet is in English. It carries a less incendiary message and makes no attacks on Mr Johnson.

The leaflet was produced by the British Muslim Initiative, whose offshoot, Muslims 4 Ken, was recently exposed by the Standard as involving a declared supporter of suicide bombing. It carries no imprint for a printer as required by electoral law.

The leaflet contains lies. Boris doesn't hate Muslims, although he has expressed strong and justified misgivings about Islam. And he has never argued in favour of banning the Koran, although he has criticised it, and opposed any legislation that would restrict such criticism.

Vote for Boris. Even if you hate him, make him your second choice and rid us of  Red Ken.