boris

will he?
won't he?
boris johnson for mayor of london? have to say i like boris johnson, he is one of the few conservative mps you can really like. one of the reasons he is so likable is that he appears to care about what he does and he seems to be his own man, never quite being on message. he doesn’t seem to have been made over to be telegenic. he comes across as a friendly buffoon whom you would love to share a meal with.
except we all know boris isn’t a buffoon.
in fact he stands a good chance of beating ken livingstone for the position of mayor of london.
boris has said he isn’t sure he can do the mayoral role because of his role as member of parliament for henley, though it is more likely he is concerned about his even more lucrative media jobs, which pull him in a lot of cash.

the conservatives must be hoping against all hope that boris decides to run as they have no one else. they have tried to get people who are not part of the party to run against ken (greg dyke and digby jones) and they have been turned down by several others (lord seb coe, nick ferrari (radio dj – who i believe withdrew because of potential loss of earnings in the run up to the election) and lord stevens the ex metropolitan police chief).

the nominees have to be in by monday 16th of july (today in fact). so unless they have a surprise waiting to be unleashed or boris decides to run it looks like ken will be mayor yet again.

i hope boris doesn’t run as i would hate to see him get beaten.

but hope is at hand for the tories. i won’t be doing anything in 2008 so i could run as their mayoral candidate. go on you know it makes sense, a vote for me is a vote for london.