Someone upstairs may have had a word with Ken. His response is a masterful press statement:
I am disappointed by the way the NEC handled the selection in Tower Hamlets and I am sure that under Ed Miliband’s leadership things would have been handled differently. However, my position is clear: I fully support Labour candidates in all elections and I am calling for Tower Hamlets residents to use their first preference vote for our candidate Helal Abbas. A second preference should be used for Lutfur Rahman to keep the Tories out.”
Quite so. A perfectly clear position. We know exactly what he thinks.