Lutfur Rahman has just been re-elected, which tells you all you need to know about the rotten state of London politics.

I would advise those (such as Jonathan Freedland) boasting about London's impenetrability to UKIP to ask themselves why politics in the capital divides the way it does - it is not a good thing Mr Freedland.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/23/london-ukip-nightmare-labout-tories-local-elections-farage?utm_content=buffer10d33&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer