Comments on: Boris ahead with 10 days to go

By: Adrian

Adrian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:12:21 +0000

Heard on the radio today that Paddick said he could work with Boris but not Ken. It seems from polling that Ken was slighly ahead on 2nd pref votes but could this change now that the LD candidate had ‘backed’ Boris?

By: Mike "the oracle" Richardson

Mike "the oracle" Richardson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:49:11 +0000

Maybe “Red” Ken should try a John Prescott tactic and come up with something like bulemia to get the tree huggers sympathy vote .It might work – perhaps he could say he suffers from extreme shyness , being introvert or a secret ego trip where he hears voices telling him that he will rule the world!

By: Mike "the oracle" Richardson

Mike "the oracle" Richardson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:43:47 +0000

The previous debates with Johnson & Livingstone keep being mentioned on here – saying that Livingstone beat Johnson hands down – certainly on the political shows on Sunday – Johnson came over as the more competent !!

Londoners are very lucky – they can see their freedom from draconian rules & taxes just around the corner – the rest of us have to wait another 2 long years !!

By: NBeale

NBeale — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:20:09 +0000

WMA 44:40:11 – it will be very interesting to see on May 2nd who is right, YouGov had C lead on average 4 points greater than the other pollsters. ITRW Labour seems to be falling apart, but the other pollsters don’t seem to reflect this. We shall see.

By: Anthony Wells

Anthony Wells — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:43:43 +0000

Adrian/Jamie – Boris isn’t legally required to resign as an MP (Ken Livingstone didn’t when he was first elected Mayor) but he has said he will (though I don’t think he has committed himself to a timescale, so has some wiggle-room).

The convention is that the party that held the seats moves the writ for the by-election and that it is done within three months, so Labour and the Tories want the by-elections on the same day they can probably arrange it.