I type this literally a few minutes after having a member of the local Conservative party visiting our. Thankfully Jeff answered and of course being American had the perfect excuse to politely move him on. I wasn’t really in the mood to talk to him. I seemed to be more concerned with playing Mario Kart then going to the door t speak to him.
The reason for his visit was of course for the upcoming London Mayor elections which currently if the polls are to be believed is very close. Realistically this means that Ken might be replaced by Boris. Charlie Brooker (who else) sums up his opinions on it with the Boris LOL!!!! brigade and he’s spot on.
I must confess, on the initial rumours of Boris running for Mayor, my reaction was “I hate the Tories but good on Boris running for it as he’s a ‘character’ in politics”. Plus he’s got mad hair and he’s a legend on the football field too. Of course now though actually living in London and actually giving a fuck about London Politics my opinion oh him has changed oh so much.
He craftily is going for the popular vote by looking at bringing back routemasters in some sort of form. Why? Who actually cares about the old routemasters? To me they seem as dated as red telephone boxes are these days. The fact that this is one of his main pledges shows really show me that his priorities should he become mayor are slightly worrying.
Ken’s no saint to be fair, but I must admit, transport in London isn’t as bad as some make out. Oyster (which apart from the paranoid) is a fantastic system, The Tubes are (mostly) reliable and are much safer to be on than a lot of major cities in the world.
So don’t Vote For Boris. Yeah?
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