Mayor Johnson
The headline news is, of course, the victory of Boris Johnson. It is no secret (at least if you’ve been reading this blog!) that I was and remain a strong supporter of Ken Livingstone and that I have very grave doubts about the Johnson mayoralty. I have tried to draw a comparison between […]

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirl-wind.
Hosea 8:7
Boris has won. Congratulations to him.
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The voting and campaigning is over and now we wait.

Click the image for a full size version; it was taken today around half past four.
One of the tragedies of local elections is that many hardworking local councillors who care more for their community than any particular party affiliation will lose their seats because of national […]

You can read them in full, with the logic behind them, on Liberal Conspiracy.
One: Livingstone Has Better Policies
Two: Livingstone Has Made The Best Joke
Three: Brian Paddick & His Partner
Four: Livingstone Is A Better Politician
Five: London Needs To Be Bossed From The CentreSix: Livingstone Is A Better Leader
Seven: The Evening Standard Will Be Gutted If Livingstone […]

Boris Johnson’s campaign has announced a new supporter, specialising in transport: Brian Cooke.
Mr Cooke is the chair1 of London TravelWatch and has just been unveiled as a backer to bring some gravitas to Mr Johnson’s campaign. The Johnson campaigned issued a press release that you can read here. Unfortunately, you can’t read it on Mr […]

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Take a look at the London Election Cinema at londonvids.com. There are a few YouTube videos that are worth watching. It’s being organised by Alex Hilton of Labour Home and Recess Monkey.
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The Stonewall hustings took place on Saturday morning. Dave Hill has kindly provided an MP3 and selected video clips. I recommend listening to the whole debate as it is rather good and there is some genuine interplay between the candidates who attended – Sian Berry, Lindsay German, Brian Paddick, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone - […]

Here’s a little video about fear for Mr Johnson.

I can only assume that it is a combination of his uncertainty about his own policies, dubious mathematics, demonstrably poor knowledge of and interest in London prior to his campaign and woeful history of offence and unpleasantness coupled with a set of minders who are worried about […]

Hopi Sen has an unofficial attack ad against Boris Johnson. A little bit of photoshopping and we have the front page the Evening Standard would like to run - click on the image to make it larger.

It’s also worth reading Septic Isle’s thoughts on the Standard.
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