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Originally Posted by TheIronDuke

When the support for Boris has died down...

Ken was not just 'left' he was Old Left. A dinosaur from the days before Blair re-invented Labour as Thatcher Lite. A complete knacker up against the Tory wet dream pin-up boy.

Yet this clapped out knacker old-style Commie came within a gnats chuff of beating the Tory Boy pin-up?

Serious question - am I alone in being well ****ing alarmed here?

Seems to me Londoners voted for what they didn't want, rather than what they did. A vacuum will be filled, as we physicists say.

Ken is an old communist - proper left as you say.

Lib Dem Brian Paddick saw his vote collapse and he was beaten into fourth place by Green Jenny Jones

BBC News - London mayor: Boris Johnson wins second term by tight margin

Hopefully that'll teach him to play politics with stop/search, rape investigation, police/media-you know all those things which if they are broken, he was responsible for during his career in thet met.

Originally Posted by Boumer

BBC News - London mayor: Boris Johnson wins second term by tight margin

Hopefully that'll teach him to play politics with stop/search, rape investigation, police/media-you know all those things which if they are broken, he was responsible for during his career in thet met.

The Lib Dems are practically incapable of producing high quality candidates, so they put up a homosexual copper, twice.

What did I just see? Gravy train choo choo.

Boris might come across as a bit of a buffoon but I've always thought he's a very sharp cookie and the buffoonery is a bit of a cover for that. I also think the buffoonery is a good cover for what I suspect is an ambition to be prime minister. And that wouldn't necessary be a bad thing.

- Boris has got good political instincts and can tread the fine line between his political beliefs and what the wider public find acceptable.
- He's good at running a team.
- He concentrates on core issues and doesn't get side tracked into many irrelevancies.
- He runs things to a budget.

And last and by no means least:

- He has political convictions and the courage to state them.

In this day and age - when a lot of politicians resort to weasel words and half-truths - I know what Boris stands for.

I suspect the Conservatives have a statesman in the making - strange thought that might sound - and not just a clever politician. He's evolving all the time and I suspect we haven't seen the finished article yet.

Wordsmith

Ken just packed in politics - well, politics that involves getting elected - in a speech a few minutes ago.

Hooray for (in)sanity now that BJ is back. He may fool us with his Eton buffoonery, but he's a sly, cunning and intelligent player.

I thought I was a tolerant person but when Paddock thanked his 'husband' it came as such a shock that the wine that was in my mouth came out of my nose.

May the Fourth be with you! Boris, he's a ****ing Jedi!