Will Boris stay on as MP?

I commented earlier in the week that to stay on as MP could damage Boris Johnson’s standing as Mayor of London. However I have just been reminded that Red Ken maintained his Parliamentary seat following his election in 2000. The difference is however that Ken was MP for Brent East, a London constituency, Boris is [...]

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Final numbers postponed

Apparently the final numbers for the Mayor of London election will not be known until around 10.00pm this evening
Nationally the Tories are doing very well, although not as well as any of us would like in Leeds. Congratulations to the chaps over at Bradford who have excelled themselves this year and to Simon [...]

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Will Boris be Mayor of London in 24 hours?

Boris Johnson, the journalist, T.V. presenter and politician, has turned the idea of his being Mayor of London from being a joke into being a real possibility.
The Right wing press have asked serious questions as to whether he can do it properly and bring prosper not only to London, but also for David Cameron. The [...]

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Don’t think TOO hard, the following can happen…

Today’s Independent will see a poll from ComRes which has the Conservative Party 14 points ahead of the Labour Government. This is a bad poll for the government, not just because it is only four days before Londoners go to the Polls to decide whether RedKen gets to keep his job or whether they plump [...]

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The final Mayoral debate on Question Time

Having just finished watching the Mayoral debate I have to say that I think Boris had the best of it this evening, I have heard all about his bad performances (esp. that one against Paxman), but I feel he did really quite well this evening. There was a fire in his belly, and when he [...]

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