As our American mates would say...HOLY CR*P!!

[Paul K]

Boris Johnson is the new mayor of London !

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7380947.stm

:o

[DaveB]

One must ask the question.. "How much worse than Red Ken can he or anyone else be?" :think:

I DO wish he'd do something with his hair.. scruffy git!

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Rick Piper]

Hi Paul

Better than that theiving Barsteward Ken Livingstone. :@

Boris at least will keep himself accountable.

lets face it! the Job was made for Red Ken so he could swan around and waste public money pretending to be important.

Boris at least is a bit of fun (I like him anyway)

Regards
Rick

[Paul K]

Dave, yep, that hair definitely needs a tarpaulin throwing over it, or put through a bailing machine , or sommat

Rick, I must say I quite liked Red Ken, but it will be interesting to see what effect Boris has. No doubting the man's character and intelligence, thats for sure.

[TSR2]

Ken always reminds me of that song in the "Comic Strip"... "Ken is the leader of the GLC"

I have to say that finally, the so called party of the working man has been exposed for the fraud that it its. Boris has a bit of personality (to be fair so does Ken) It great to see two politicians with views other than the safe middle ground, and whats more the fact that neither of these guys sit on the fences has prompted voters to get of there arses and vote.... not much voter apathy with these characters about. Just a shame there isn't more like them in Westminister

[cstorey]

.... not much voter apathy with these characters about. Just a shame there isn't more like them in Westminister

Well, I don't know the exact size of the London electorate, but if one assumes it is about 6 million , the turnout was only about 40%, which whilst not as disastrous as in many local elections, hardly suggests huge enthusiasm for democracy

[Garry Russell]

Just out of interest to us out of London peasants.

What role is the Lord Mayor of London nowadays.......is it pureley cermonial or does he still have a little say in perhaps the City area in some strange old fashioned way.

From the outside it appears he only shows at the parade time and of course has nothing to do with the 'real' mayor

Garry

[ravilamir]

Gary

Having worked in the city for some years and seen the Lord Mayor perform some of his duties, I didn't know what roles does he actually perform!
So, here is what Wikipedia says:

The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of the City of London (until 2006 the title was Lord Mayor of London)[1] is the Mayor of the City of London and head of the City of London Corporation. The Lord Mayor of the City of London is to be distinguished from the Mayor of London; the former is an officer only of the City of London, while the Mayor of London is the Mayor of Greater London and as such governs a much larger area. Within the City of London, the Lord Mayor has precedence over other individuals and has various special powers, rights and privileges.

The Lord Mayor is elected each year at Michaelmas 'Common Hall', and takes office on the Friday before the second Saturday in November, at 'The Silent Ceremony'. On the day after taking office, the Lord Mayor's Show is held; the Lord Mayor, preceded by a procession, travels to the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand, Westminster to swear allegiance to the Sovereign in the presence of the judges of the High Court.

The Lord Mayor's main role is, as it has been for centuries, to represent, support and promote the businesses and the people of the City of London. Today, these businesses are mainly in the financial sector and the Lord Mayor is seen as the champion of the entire UK-based financial sector regardless of ownership and location within the country. As head of the Corporation of the City of London, the Lord Mayor is the key spokesman for the local authority and also has important ceremonial and social responsibilities. He is apolitical (namely he does not represent a political party) and this gives added credibility at home and abroad when representing the financial sector. He gives over 800 speeches in the year and spends over 100 days abroad in some 22 countries. The Lord Mayor of the City of London is also the chancellor of the City University of London.

Have a good read!
Soft landings!

[Garry Russell]

Thanks Ricardo

A lot more than I thought.

Garry

[Prop Jockey]

Well done Boris

I heard yesterday that he's always done a top job for Henley as their MP - entertaining times ahead for London though