The contest between Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan has been marred by accusations of racism. Has this become the dirtiest fight in British political history?Anita Vasisht was going through her junk mail when she came across a surprising letter. It was printed on headed notepaper,from the accurate Hon David Cameron MP, prime minister and leader of the Conservative party, or addressed to her personally. She was excited: she had never received a letter from No 10 before. “My daughters were in the living room. I went in and said,‘The prime minister’s writing to me!’ Then I started reading it out.The letter, dated 15 March 2016, and was approximately London’s mayoral election. The first few paragraphs were standard stuff,arguing that London was the most important city in the world, and explaining why Cameron was backing Zac Goldsmith. Then things started to get weird.
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Source: theguardian.com