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MAN IN THE NEWS

Robert Gordon Clark

THE managing director of the London Communications Agency has produced his regular election predictions and promises to give £250 to charity for every Assembly member he gets wrong and £1,000 for sitting on the fence with the mayoral result - he said it was "too close to call". For every seat the BNP might win he will make a £500 donation to anti-racism campaign Hope Not Hate.

CAMPAIGN CAPERS

WHEN Ken Livingstone met some black teenagers at the admirable Safe project in Peckham yesterday, he let slip a childhood ambition. "I always wanted to be an astronaut. Sadly, I ended up being a politician," he said. This puts a new light on Boris Johnson's pledge to scrap City Hall's support for the European Space Agency. The Tory challenger has said the only merit for the funding is that it may one day "propel the current occupant of City Hall into orbit".

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