But he is noticeably absent from the small battalion of London Labour left-wingers turned loyal Blairites prominent in the city's politics during the 80s but who have since recanted many of their activities of the timetoattack their onetime comrade Livingstone.
We've got the World Cup coming up and I'd hate to see guys go into their shells but it's decision-making - when is the right timetoattack and the right timeto defend - and we haven't done that well enough.