BoJo to stand for a second term as London Mayor
Peter Hoskin 9:07am
Today, it seems, the uncertainty is going to come an end: Boris Johnson will confirm
that he is running for a second term as Mayor of London in May 2012. In truth, though, we probably shouldn't have expected
anything else. The timings of the Parliamentary term, and the inavailability of safe seats, always made an early return to Westminster unlikely – even if that's what Boris had wanted. Stir
the Olympic Games into the mix, and the lure of City Hall must have been too powerful to resist.
As Ben Brogan says, this could be a timely boost for the Tories. The Boris campaign will be launched, to much jubilation, at the Birmingham conference next month. With the spending review bearing down – and, with it, the most difficult period yet for the coalition – that blonde mop on a bike could cheer the party faithful no end.
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Ian Walker
September 10th, 2010 9:24am Report this commentIf Boris is to stand a chance, then the government needs to get a move on with scrapping or seriously updating the postal vote system, before Labour get their specialists from Birmingham and Glenrothes in to ensure the "progressive" result that the Beeb and Guardian demand.
John Adlington
September 10th, 2010 10:11am Report this commentOh great! Another 4 years of crypto-socialist authoritarian gesture politics and hugely expensive vanity projects.
charles hercock
September 10th, 2010 10:20am Report this commentTo get there he will need to keep sticking the boot into the coalition.He is doing a fine job at this just now
The potential labour challengers are fortunately uninviting
strapworld
September 10th, 2010 12:15pm Report this commentOn your bike- Go Boris!
The election slogan.
denis cooper
September 10th, 2010 2:40pm Report this commentStrange that some otherwise sensible people still haven't realised that Johnson is entirely unworthy of their admiration. In many ways he's the worst kind of Tory, the kind which has done enormous damage to this country over recent decades.
George Laird
September 10th, 2010 4:35pm Report this commentDear All
Denis Cooper provides a nice comedy touch by his comments.
“Strange that some otherwise sensible people still haven't realised that Johnson is entirely unworthy of their admiration. In many ways he's the worst kind of Tory, the kind which has done enormous damage to this country over recent decades”.
Boris Johnson is a schemer, a man who would be king.
Unfortunately, his reign would be that of the dictator.
Denis says he is the worst type of Tory, does he imply that he is a New Labour Tory?
Blair, Straw, Millibands, Hoon, Byers, Mandelson and Brown have done enormous damage to this country over recent decades more than Bojo.
Giving Johnson a city keeps him occupied rather like knitting for old dears.
Seen but not effective national!
And less we forget Boris isn’t good at foreign affairs or domestic ones either.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Ben G
September 10th, 2010 4:41pm Report this commentYeah, but I'd like to see him try and find an empty docking station to park one of his new bikes...
denis cooper
September 11th, 2010 11:43am Report this commentGeorge Laird, "over recent decades" extends back much further than 1997, which would only be "for more than a decade"; back to include not just one period, but several periods, when the Tories were in government.
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