So, it looks like Boris is going to win.....

[JeremyVile]

Boris Johnson.
How the feck did that happen??

Hoping the BBC are just joshing with us...

[EffiePerine]

anyway if anyone wants to get cross, may I suggest moseying along to this?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/66/522595?ts=1209727120306&msgid=10651430

blood pressure BAD

[EffiePerine]

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/66/522595?ts=1209727120306&msgid=10651430

[AitchTwoCiao]

he is a clever chap, old boris. but yes in general the country is laughing at london today. ROFL.

[foxinsocks]

blardy scots . Is your dp a Rangers fan?

It's mad London at the moment. Just mad.

[PennyBenjamin]

I think you'll find that what Boris intends to do is keep being an MP until the next election, to avoid forcing a by-election in his constituency.

Which is exactly what Ken did when he was elected in 2000 - he stayed on as the Brent East MP after he was elected as mayor, and then stood down at the next election.

Double standards much?

[zippitippitoes]

is rachel johnson his sister

[motherinferior]

Yes, she is.

[hana]

Ken should have backed down and a fresh new labour candidate in his place. He's been around far too long - a bit like fish.

[foxinsocks]

they look quite similar I think (maybe it's the hair)

[zippitippitoes]

well they are pretty similar sufficient to put me off completely

i think it is insane realy all this personality stuff
especially when it is such a self serving personlaity

i just dont think he is credible

it would be ok if it was just a powder puff position but it is actually a real big job

if people had to apply for it in the normal way then he would never even get shortlisted

[marina]

fox, no he's not significantly better. The recent financial scandals associated with Lee Jasper were a disgrace and I don't like the man's public persona much tbh
But, he has done a lot of good things for London as a whole. Boris does not have much of relevant substance in comparison.
I can see why people see the W London Congestion Charge as a punitive measure and I think Ken is going to rue the day he implemented it in the teeth of the consultation results

[marina]

zippi, your last line sums the whole thing up entirely
There must be Tories out there who might be able to cobble together an application to be Mayor based on experience and skills (Chris Patten for example) but Boris would be straight in the circular file in any normal recruitment process

[foxinsocks]

they just said (on the news) turnout is 45% (for the mayoral vote)

[foxinsocks]

But marina, nobody has anything of substance compared to Ken purely because Ken has been around so long. Can you remember how awful Frank Dobson appeared? I also think they should have come up with another Labour candidate but of course, they haven't got one!

[marina]

Touche
I wish Labour had fielded someone different
And I do think someone like Chris Patten would have presented a much more credible alternative because of his HK experience
Frank Dobson

[morningpaper]

DEAR GOD

the Standard is unpacking it's champagne

I WANT TO CRY

where's my valium

[zippitippitoes]

well yes

im not actually convinced he is intelligent

i think they could have had an equally edifying election if they had made it into

a satruday night tv programme

i just cant think of a suitably ridiculous title

[foxinsocks]

lol

I always thought that beard would cause problems with the small children and baby photo opportunities

[AitchTwoCiao]

he most certainly is NOT, foxy.

[marina]

There there MP

[foxinsocks]

is he a green scot then Aitch (lol at the )?

(WHY is mumsnet so SLOW)

[morningpaper]

oh dear I leaked an apostrophe

see the depth of my mourning

[foxinsocks]

you can change your name to mourningpaper

still a long way to go...(with the counting)..

[AitchTwoCiao]

no, he's from fife. they don't let the green ones in. but he's not a teddy bear, fgs. [horrified]

[motherinferior]

Dobson was Unvoteable For purely for his comments on redheads