Will Boris run?

Yes! He's got my vote and I've supported the Labour party all my life

cowbaby

Of course the Spectator should be behind him! He's should be the Spectator's official candidate! Let's win this for Boris!

Chris

Yes it would be fun!

lizzie

Boris v. Ken: Can't wait. Candidates with character for a change. I would vote for Boris, but would miss Ken.

anna

Yes yes yes yes yes, Boris should run, Boris should win, The Coffee Shop should back him

Dee

I'd campaign for him from over here in the U.S.A.! (He was born in New York after all...)

Happy Fourth of July, Boris!

xx

Anna

Yes, Boris for mayor please

Little Richard

Boris can't lose.

Anthony C

I don't want to be the ghost at the banquet here, but it seems to me that if Boris stands, the most likely result is that most of London's floating voters will watch him, go "Haha, how splendid, good old Boris" - and then vote for Red Ken. The reality is that the candidate needs to be somebody who is very appealing, but also needs to come over as somebody who can project an image of ability to run a complicated and difficult executive position. I'm not saying Boris couldn't run London, but I think that a lot of people will simultaneously like him but be unable to picture him running a city that's arguably nudging New York out as Capital Of The World. Red Ken, for all his grotesquerie, can lay claim to executive experience and Running Stuff. In short, if Boris is put forward, I think a lot of people will treat the candidacy as a "turn" that represents a last ditch punt by the Conservatives for want of a more heavyweight candidate (and it will certainly be portrayed as such by the other candidates). I would add that it gives me no pleasure to say this and it's not a judgement on Bozzer's actual qualities.

ami

i'm for anybody who actually shows a passion for his job, rather than taking the glory that comes with it !

Miranda

YES!

James Hannam

Boris for mayor! It would be a good job for him because he wouldn't have to resign after each gaff. Ken has already shown that the London mayor is gaff-proof. http://bedejournal.blogspot.com

jonno

I'm don't normally like politicians but I believe in Boris, I really do. I think he can be serious about this job, and I think he's just the tonic London needs

Tom Mason

Boris = Legend! There simply is only one choice.

Chris Rose

Do it, Boris. A free spirit like you would be far happier as Mayor than hanging around in the stuffy old Commons.

Deputy Dawg

Of course Boris will run. He was born for this. He can't lose. London isn't Liverpool. London can take it. Good on yer, Bozza.

Anthony C

I can see I'm in a minority of one on this issue. I'll duly hang my head in shame - but I still think it would be an incredibly risky idea and very likely to blow up in our faces (sorry Boris - nobody will be happier than I if I am proven wrong).

antifrank

I'm a floating voter, and I would love to be able to vote for Boris Johnson. I'm firmly in the anyone but Ken camp, but Boris would be a positive magnet for my vote. At least the next four years would be memorable.