Boris Johnson blah blah

May 14, 2008 rewheble
Tags: Add new tag, London, Politics

As I come from London and voted for the mayoral elections I thought it appropriate to blog on the ridiculous.
Without it sounding too much like me voicing my political beliefs I did not vote for Boris. I will admit that I voted for Ken. Personally i do not think I should feel ashamed either; he did a lot of good for London. He helped us win the London olympic bid and then not long after led us through the terrible times of the 7/7 bombings. As a “Londoner” it was terrible hearing about the attack on the centre of london. I had friends and a boyfriend doing their year 11 work experience in the centre of london with my boyfriend working at russell square. If it had been Boris Johnson at the helm I would in no way have felt as safe as I did with Ken.

A lot of the good work Ken did will just be undone such as the free bus passes for those under 18 and still in full time education which for living in london is bloody amazing, (did you know a standard fare on a london bus is £2, and that is regardless of how far and its a single not a return!) 

Young teenagers are being stabbed and killed all around london such as Jimmy Mizen this saturday who had only turned 16 the day before. This happens when Boris Johnson said in his election campaign that he’d cut spending on police! It doesn’t take rocket science to work out something needs to be done in London.

Boris himself is an absolute moron. His speech after he was announced mayor was, although with the odd joke, was not weel presented. How can the most of london relate to an upper class toff from private school who doesn’t even live in London???  He repeatedly appeared on Have I Got News For You and was treated like a court jester, not the behaviour of a future mayor.

Yes Ken made some mistakes, but when it came to it he was a great mayor, he did the job and did the job well. Some are far too willing to forget the great work he did just because the newspapers focussed on the bad. He won us the Olympics for christ sake, actually maybe he should be england footy manager????

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