Wwooooooooooo!!! Go Boris!!!

Originally Posted by northwind

These are not compelling reasons to vote for him though are they I like Boris, I really do, I think his writing can be excellent, he's unafraid to speak his mind even when it's obvious to everyone else that he's talking absolute crap, and he's the only british politician I can remember who's ever admitted to changing his opinion on anything (in one of his books, he made a point of printing old articles right beside new ones on subjects where he'd had a change of heart, like the israel/palestine wall, for instance) He's also someone I'd like to have in government, not as a leading element but hanging around in the background being awkward.

I also like the way he's a lightning rod for complete tossers- reading the Guardian the other day, they'd put together a 4 page article on why Boris is evil, and just about every comment was a deliberate misquote (like his sarcastic Blair In Africa comments, quoted as if they were serious). It's good to have someone that'll draw these people out of cover.

But in a position of actual personal responsibility? No.

The questions is however, as is often the case in politics, is not who's best, but the least worst.

Do you honestly think he'd be worse than Ken?

[Ch00]

Originally Posted by Supervox

getting rid of the bendy buses etc !!

TFL have recently bought some new ones, but I have it from a good souce that they will never buy any more, so its a matter of time till they break.

Ch00

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

Do you honestly think he'd be worse than Ken?

I haven't really had the first hand experience of ken to judge. But I think Boris could be very bad indeed.

Originally Posted by northwind

I haven't really had the first hand experience of ken to judge. But I think Boris could be very bad indeed.

Certainly things can always be worse than you thought, but I'd be very disappointed if Boris was worse than a lunatic communist.

how very sad, at least ken was a humanitarian, now the selfish greedy
bufoons have the reigns of power. The congestion charge and bikes
in bus lanes is but a drop in the ocean in the grand scheme of things. Boris is an ass, and the media are sitting pretty as they will have so much to write about now, possibly for years to come. I'm very disappointed in londoners. We should look out for us all not be divided by frivolous stuff like being able to ride in a bus lane ffs....

Originally Posted by skidmarx

how very sad, at least ken was a humanitarian

I gotta ask, what on earth makes you think that?

it's depressing that they are the best that the parties could come up with to represent London. And it's even more depressing that from next week i will be in the service of whichever one wins!

However, having spent a whole day riding round town in traffic, looking longingly at empty bus lanes policed an army of cameras, i am starting to get warm fuzzy feelings about Boris getting in...

Living nearly 200 miles away, it makes little if any difference to me who becomes Mayor.

But after the country, there can be no doubt that London is the most glittering jewel in the crown, a fantastic political prize.

I want to see Brown get a bloody nose. He said on the TV this evening that his job was to listen and learn - oh yeah, he's had 12 years to do that, he wasn't listening then and he isn't listening now. Leopards don't change their spots.

And I hope that there will be bloodletting, a leadership challenge, with the whole lot of em squabbling and alienating the voters even more.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

Certainly things can always be worse than you thought, but I'd be very disappointed if Boris was worse than a lunatic communist.

What are the 5 worst things he did as mayor? Not talking here about GLC history, judge him by his recent actions.

Congestion charging, low emissions zone are two things I disagree with - his general far left views. Just can't stand the guy, and he seems to have the economic nous of a bag of peanuts.

Nothing disastrous I s'pose - but then as I say, I don't see how Boris could do worse.