A Sense of London
The choice is yours
Ken, Boris, Ken, Boris, Koris, Ben...the mayoral election is becoming increasingly meaningless to everyone, it seems, as these two gentlemen, each in possession of his own personal brand of buffoonery, vie for the chance to do whatever the Mayor of London does, exactly.
Most people probably know by now whether they prefer the floppy-haired blonde or the balding Bolshy. But are you selling yourself short? Let's consider some of the other options.
Representing the BNP and UKIP respectively, Richard Barnbrook and Gerard Batten will no doubt be splitting the xenophobic vote, which is no bad thing if it undermines the strength of this particular lobby.
Sian Barry is running for the Green Party; her website has some rather solid pro-environment policy plans, and also informs us that she is 'calm and cheerful', which is something that we look for in a mayor.
It's hard not to rather like ex-boxer Winston McKenzie, if only because his name is Winston and he is a thousand times more sharply dressed than any other candidate, although our love is a little undermined because he is running as an Independent because he was snubbed by the Tories...
But most of all we love Lib Dem Brian Paddick - this gay ex-cop looks rather sweet on his website, with his head superimposed in front of the London Eye, and he is promising to WiFi London up to the nines - meaning that you can access Glitterditch whenever you want. I think, for this particular reason, we rather have to give him our endorsement, which holds slightly less weight than the Evening Standard, but is special nonetheless.
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