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Old August 1st 12, 11:58 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tim Roll-Pickering Tim Roll-Pickering is offline
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Default Movement of bendy buss's
d wrote:

become Tory leader, but then four years ago I found it hard to imagine
him becoming Mayor...

Except people didn't vote for Boris but against Ken. The Tories could
probably
have put Sooty up for mayor and he would have won.

Hmm. Been on television a lot - check. Best known by first name - check.

I think we have a winner!

More seriously I think Boris won because he had that something that a lot of
Conservatives (including Steve Norris) lack and was able to reach out well
beyond the core vote base. Yes Livingstone's taxes (and four years ago Lee
Jasper) helped but "vote for me because the other one's a disaster" only
works if the public believe you actually are more capable.
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