London's Left-Wing Mayor Under Fire Ahead of Reelection Bid

Atma Singh, a former high level adviser to Livingstone, publicly claimed that members of Socialist Action (SA), a Marxist group, had infiltrated city hall in order to influence policy. Among others, Singh named the mayor's chief of staff as part of a faction which he claimed pushed the mayor towards leftist governments like Hugo Chavez' Venezuela and dreamed of recreating the city as a 'beacon for socialism.' None of the advisers named would confirm or deny the report but analysts on the left have long written about the influence of Socialist Action.