The Todal wrote:
>
> Ken showed good leadership during the London bombings, but surely most
> people know, in the backs of their minds, that the main reason for the
> London bombings was the Labour government's idiotic policy over Iraq. A
> mayor cannot pretend to have no interest in national politics.
>
Complete red herring. Why was a Bali nightclub bombed? Why was a Madrid
train bombed?
> In a real sense it was the Standard wot won it, and Andrew Gilligan. The
> thing that was most obnoxious about Ken was his contempt for his critics
> over the Lee Jasper affair. Instead of distancing himself from Jasper he
> showed blind loyalty combined with rudeness towards those who were raising
> legitimate questions.
>
Yes. The Lee Jasper thing did Ken no favours at all. But the reason he
probably lost was partly voters' fatigue with him as well as thinking
Boris 'would be a good larf' as London Mayor, the very worst reason to
vote him in. |