Election fever (not)

A fair bit of voting going on in Britain, with local council elections, mayoral elections in London, Liverpool and Salford and ten cities voting as to whether they want an elected mayor.

I think they should be asking how much the mayor would cost. Is it another layer of bureaucracy or would he or she actually do something useful for the city? I'd want to be fairly certain about this, but I rather expect most people don't care too much and will stay at home.

Boris looks as if he will edge Ken in London, which is good news if you like double decker buses.

In the meantime, today is the 33rd anniversary of Margaret Thatcher becoming PM, and tomorrow will be the 15th anniversary of Tony Blair getting the job.