As the mayoral elections crank into gear, Sadiq Khan only got seven out of the 46 London Labour MPs to turn up to his launch yesterday. That’s not to say that Khan can’t be supported from other, non-party avenues. Radical left-wing charity Hope Not Hate has previously spent its time campaigning against Brexit and has just released a report calling Tories “Islamophobic”, is delivering less-than-subtle campaign messages with its leaflets. The charity has received taxpayer funds, previously getting cash from taxpayer-supported Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) and City Hall itself…

Guido has taken a look. The trustees of Hope not Hate’s charitable foundation have what you could call “close links” to Labour.

• Gurinder Singh Josan: A member of Labour’s National Executive Committee. Former Labour councillor. Member of ‘Sikhs4Labour’.
• Anna Turley: A Labour MP from 2015 to 2019. Currently the Labour Parliamentary candidate for Redcar. Has said she was “so proud” of Sadiq Khan and said she spent most of her weekends for seven years supporting Sadiq Khan.
• Simon Tuttle: A donor to Labour, having supplied £10,000 total to local Labour parties and £20,000 to Lisa Nandy.
• Qari Asim: A stated fan of Sadiq Khan and regular attendee at his events as well as other Labour politicians. Removed as a government adviser after calling for a film about Muhammad’s daughter to be banned.
• Peter Adams: Vocal social media critic of Tories, claiming Kwasi Kwarteng doesn’t understand “morality” and that the Tory government was “destroying hundreds of thousands of lives“. Supports Labour MPs on Twitter.
• Ros Wynne-Jones: Attendee of Jezza’s speeches and anti-capitalist marches. Longtime “friend” of Labour frontbenchers.
• As a bonus, Hope not Hate’s Director of Campaigns and Communications, Georgie Laming, is also a former Labour councillor.

Hope not Hate urges voters to stop Hall, who has “anti-Muslim” beliefs as well as “views on Black Londoners“. To have a charity which has received taxpayer funding and which is governed by Labour personnel pushing out this electioneering guff really pushes the envelope. Maybe Jolyon Maugham wants to look into it?