Boris Johnson for London mayor.

[keicar]

I thought there was a chance of John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, standing. He'd be a much better candidate than comic Boris, I reckon. Has he turned it down?

Supposed to be running as an independant. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/londonmayor/john_bird/index.html

The rest of the Tory field really is pitifully weak.

(remember these are the *best* 3 of the declared candiates)

Warwick Lightfoot - Tory toff from K&C Sorry but

says it all

http://www.lightfootforlondon.com/

Simon Fawthrop- solid but boring -local goverment experience, would appeal to Tory voters but won't take votes from Ken..... however wants to abolish the Freedom pass, which won't play well with the Blue Rinse brigade

http://www.fawthropformayor.co.uk/

Victoria Borwick-

proberbly the least worst-'no nonsense' woman candidate but again based in K&c

http://www.mayor-for-london.co.uk/

 

[Dhimmi]

 

[DJ Squelch]

Another contender for Tory candidate is 80s Radio DJ & TV presenter Mike Read. Not sure if he's still in the running.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6233837.stm

Sod Mike Read I say Mike Reid for mayor.

 

[butchersapron]

Yeah. But. Would you, though?

What, slit his throat? Yes i would.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Boris Johnson may be a twonk, but he wrote one article a while back that was absolutely spot on about the tabloids and their hipocritical approach to sex/scandals etc.

 

[nino_savatte]

What, slit his throat? Yes i would.

Would you now? You see, I get the feeling that you're all talk. In fact, I also get the feeling that you and Johnson are really kindred spirits. You both love a good smear.

 

[ska invita]

Is Ken standing again? I thought he was going to be limited by a two-term only law thats come/coming in?

 

[keicar]

Is Ken standing again? I thought he was going to be limited by a two-term only law thats come/coming in?

No term limit, although the Tories tried to impose one

http://conservativehome.blogs.com/londonmayor/2007/06/tories_finally_.html#comments

Bit of an own goal IMHO, knowing it would be overturned by the HOC.

Sorry for all these ConservativeHome links , but they are by far the best news source on all things Tory

 

[kyser_soze]

Is Ken standing again? I thought he was going to be limited by a two-term only law thats come/coming in?

Yeah, altho he's said in pretty much every interview he's done over the last few months that this will be his final term.

The interesting thing about KL is that he gets people who don't like him personally to vote for him, just as he manages to alienate people who SHOULD vote him, IYSWIM.

I'll vote for him simply on the basis that he still uses public transport - seen him on the tube twice and one mate spotted and confirmed him on a bus.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

I've never ever voted Tory in my life but I might just be persuaded to vote for Boris as mayor as I think he is too ineffective to be a scummy autocrat like Livingstone.

Also Boris is about the only tory I'd shag.

 

[nino_savatte]

I've never ever voted Tory in my life but I might just be persuaded to vote for Boris as mayor as I think he is too ineffective to be a scummy autocrat like Livingstone.

Also Boris is about the only tory I'd shag.

Are you sure about that? Johnson is a Tory and he isn't going to change. How is Livingstone a "scummy autocrat" and why wouldn't Johnson be an "autocrat"?

I can't see Johnson improving cycle lanes or transport. If anything, he is likely to roll back things like the Congestion Charge zones and encourage more folk to use their cars.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Are you sure about that? Johnson is a Tory and he isn't going to change. How is Livingstone a "scummy autocrat" and why wouldn't Johnson be an "autocrat"?

Imposition of the CC without effective and proper consultation, free fares for teenagers causing more crime, backing the Olympic disaster, not dealing with or speaking out against authoritarian scum like Sir Robin Wales etc etc etc.

I can't see Johnson improving cycle lanes or transport. If anything, he is likely to roll back things like the Congestion Charge zones and encourage more folk to use their cars.

I think that Johnson would be less powerful than the assembly when compared to Livingstone.

Although I agree all politicians have the potetienal to become autocrats.

 

[kyser_soze]

I've never ever voted Tory in my life but I might just be persuaded to vote for Boris as mayor as I think he is too ineffective to be a scummy autocrat like Livingstone.

Also Boris is about the only tory I'd shag.

Sucker for blondes e, KJ?

 

[KeyboardJockey]

Sucker for blondes e, KJ?

Not normally, with women its redheads.

 

[nino_savatte]

Imposition of the CC without effective and proper consultation, free fares for teenagers causing more crime, backing the Olympic disaster, not dealing with or speaking out against authoritarian scum like Sir Robin Wales etc etc etc.


I think that Johnson would be less powerful than the assembly when compared to Livingstone.

Although I agree all politicians have the potetienal to become autocrats.

So the auld congested, gridlocked central London was better in your view?

Livingstone got stitched up over the LU PPP thing btw...I guess that sort of slipped past - non?

Personally I'd prefer to see a return to a proper London administration along the lines of the GLC. I don't think that the GLA is truly representative. Furthermore, the powers of the mayor are limited compared to the power the leader of the GLC (or any council leader for that matter) has.

 

[kyser_soze]

Personally I'd prefer to see a return to a proper London administration along the lines of the GLC. I don't think that the GLA is truly representative. Furthermore, the powers of the mayor are limited compared to the power the leader of the GLC (or any council leader for that matter) has.

If I had the power to do so, I'd remove almost all WEstminster Council's highways and paveways powers so the Mayor could actually make central London bike friendly.

Ever noticed how with every bike friendly policy coming from the GLA, WEstminster deliberately opppose it, like their ban on chaining bikes to railings and not providing any bikle racks? Bunch of cunts.

 

[KeyboardJockey]

So the auld congested, gridlocked central London was better in your view?

No but there could have been a meaningful consultation rather than a PR companies stitch up a la the CC extension.

Livingstone got stitched up over the LU PPP thing btw...I guess that sort of slipped past - non?

Agree there. Livingstone did get stitched up.

Personally I'd prefer to see a return to a proper London administration along the lines of the GLC. I don't think that the GLA is truly representative. Furthermore, the powers of the mayor are limited compared to the power the leader of the GLC (or any council leader for that matter) has.

Again I agree more power to the assembly and less to the mayor.

 

[nino_savatte]

If I had the power to do so, I'd remove almost all WEstminster Council's highways and paveways powers so the Mayor could actually make central London bike friendly.

Ever noticed how with every bike friendly policy coming from the GLA, WEstminster deliberately opppose it, like their ban on chaining bikes to railings and not providing any bikle racks? Bunch of cunts.

Westminster Council is a law unto itself and it's run like some banana republic. So what's the point of having TfL if Westminster is going to oppose every cycle-friendly measure? The local authorities powers should be subordinated to the GLA (which needs more members - it's too small) in cases such as this.

I've noticed the lack of cycle racks in Westminster. Yet, next door, in Ken & Chelsea, they can't do enough for cyclists....by comparison.

 

[JHE]

Boris 'likely to run for mayor'

Boris Johnson is expected to run against Ken Livingstone for London mayor, it has been reported.

The Henley MP is likely to add his name to the list of Tory hopefuls before Monday's applications deadline, according to the Daily Telegraph.​

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6897028.stm

 

[London_Calling]

Imposition of the CC without effective and proper consultation

But he campaigned on the CC and then got elected - he had a mandate

 

[keicar]

But he campaigned on the CC and then got elected - he had a mandate

He ran a consulation which showed 75% of people against an extension. He then went on to ignore said consultation,

Just before the last mayoral election he gave a clear promise not to increase the level of the CC. Within a year he had increased it by a whopping 60%.

Whether you are for or against congestion charging, or somwhere in between, surely you can see a pattern here................

 

[London_Calling]

He ran a consulation which showed 75% of people against an extension. He then went on to ignore said consultation,

(a) I'm talking about the original CC

(b) Lies, damned lies, and anti-CC campaigners

(c) Loving the cleaner air

 

[keicar]

(b) Lies, damned lies, and anti-CC campaigners

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2797177.stm

You'll have to take my word for this but he repeated that promise on 'Steve Wright in the Afternoon' just days before the last mayoral election. I'm a bit of a transport anorak as well as a lover of London so I was listening quite closely.......I recall it very well.......

"If am I re-elected, what I will do is not increase the charge but I will double the area to take in Kensington and the rest of Westminster, and that then will be it"

 

[the button]

Warwick Lightfoot - Tory toff from K&C Sorry but

says it all

He's got one of those faces you'd never get tired of slapping. Looks like someone's made a start already, like.

 

[George & Bill]

I've never ever voted Tory in my life but I might just be persuaded to vote for Boris as mayor as I think he is too ineffective to be a scummy autocrat like Livingstone.

This is the ticket he'd get in on. In spite of his moronic demenour, he is a brighter chap than you'd imagine, and quite capable of implementing his tory beliefs.

 

[George & Bill]

I can't see Johnson improving cycle lanes or transport. If anything, he is likely to roll back things like the Congestion Charge zones and encourage more folk to use their cars.

Much as I would never vote for Johnson, if I were to give one reason why one potentially might, it would be that he regularly rides a bike (as many bikeshop assistants can attest).

 

[Skim]

He's running:

BBC news

I can barely contain my excitement.

 

[London_Calling]

Not can Ken, I'm sure.

Fwiw:

Mr Johnson is likely to face a number of rivals to be Conservative candidate. The Tory deadline for hopefuls is noon.

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

If I had the power to do so, I'd remove almost all WEstminster Council's highways and paveways powers so the Mayor could actually make central London bike friendly.

Ever noticed how with every bike friendly policy coming from the GLA, WEstminster deliberately opppose it, like their ban on chaining bikes to railings and not providing any bikle racks? Bunch of cunts.

And could you remind us which 'progressive' party is in control in Westminster?

Oh go on then, I'll save you the time....it's the Tories again, you know, same party that Johnson represents. Livingstone might have some pretty serious faults but God help us all if we end with a Tory Mayor.

 

[nino_savatte]

Much as I would never vote for Johnson, if I were to give one reason why one potentially might, it would be that he regularly rides a bike (as many bikeshop assistants can attest).

Like Cameron, Johnson's bike-riding is little more than a PR stunt.

Don't believe the hype!