A frontrunner on monitor to develop into the Tory candidate for mayor of London has claimed he was blocked by the get together partly for refusing to have any involvement with a controversial advisor mired in Partygate allegations and awarded a gong in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours.

Samuel Kasumu had a lot of senior backers, together with Cabinet Ministers and the previous Home Secretary Priti Patel; vital media protection and fashionable insurance policies. Despite this, he didn't make the highest seven candidates.

At the time allies advised the Express this was partly to do together with his closeness to Boris Johnson, and in addition controversial pro-housing insurance policies that clashed with the official get together line.

However Mr Kasumu has now claimed his refusal to permit high Tory advisor Ben Mallett any involvement in his marketing campaign additionally price him the nomination.

Speaking on Times Radio this morning, he mentioned there was “controversy around who was going to run my campaign”.

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“One of the folks that was within the room, who was a part of the board mentioned to me 'Samuel, the one means you are gonna get on this lengthy listing is that if Ben Mallett runs your marketing campaign, as a result of each single candidate has to agree for him to run your marketing campaign'.

“And, you recognize, he ran Sean Bailey's marketing campaign, and he is good man, I do know him personally."

He told the show that he refused to agree to that, forcing him to make a choice between demonstrating a willingness to “bend to the establishment or fight for your principals”.

Mr Mallett hit the headlines yet again last night after the Mirror published a video of a party in CCHQ during Covid restrictions when such gatherings were banned.

Mr Mallett was seen in braces holding a glass of wine, while those around him admitted they knew the gathering was “breaking the rules”.

The Express then exclusively revealed that Ben Mallett was to be awarded an OBE in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, a move opposition parties are now calling on Rishi Sunak to block.

Mr Kasumu said his refusal to have Mr Mallett join his campaign wasn’t the only factor, “but it was a significant factor”.

He added it "was simply not one thing I used to be comfy with”.

Mr Mallett has since taken over the marketing campaign of rival candidate Moz Hossain, who raised eyebrows when making the ultimate three regardless of nearly no public profile or title recognition.

He was additionally pictured lounging on the ground of a bunch picture from the CCHQ get together, first reported by the Mirror in December 2021.

At the time the Met Police declined to research saying the picture alone didn't offered sufficient proof of rule breaking.

This morning Michael Gove mentioned it might not be proper for a politician to say what the police ought to or mustn't examine.