A high-profile Labour peer has publicly stated that voters should not back Ken Livingstone to be mayor of London.
Lord Sugar, the Apprentice boss and millionaire entrepreneur, wrote on Twitter: "I don't care if Ed Miliband is backing Livingstone.
"I seriously suggest NO ONE votes for Livingstone in the Mayoral elections."
In another message to his 1,848,793 followers on the social networking site, the former market trader wrote: "Livingstone must not get in" on May 3.
