London Elections

It is the day of the London Elections and the candidates will be waiting earnestly to hear whom this blog endorses.

First, it has become increasingly apparent that Ken Livingstone must go. He has been there too long, there are reports, if not of corruption, of less than scrupulous usage of the citizens’ taxes and of his obscure obsessions being given greater licence as his power became unassailable. The Labour Party in happier times might have worked this out – after all they got rid of the party leader in order to undergo some sort of renewal, but they were powerless before Great Ken (another reason he should go).

It is equally apparent that if it is not to be Ken it will be Alexander (Boris) Johnson. But I do not find him a wholly attractive proposition. The man is shambolic, an actor, and with the attention span of a butterfly. He will make an adequate mayor if he knows how to delegate and is able to make mature character judgments of the people he is delegating to. But we know nothing of this. And we must start punishing people for not using their proper names; it is as if they are avoiding their creditors.

Accordingly this blog recommends that you show your displeasure at Boris by voting for one of the protest candidates, Brian Paddick if you like him, Gerrard Batten the UKIP candidate if, like me, you find that important, the Green (she is very good looking) or whatever. And that you give your second preference to Boris. Scraping in on the second preferences will at least indicate to Boris that this is not a lifetime sinecure and that he will have to do something positive.