The sole redeeming feature people seem to find in Boris, poltically I mean
is that he "isn't really as much of a buffoon as he appears"

Only given the current witless state of fucking humanity could that be considered an actual reason to give someone control of London. It's like appointing a childminder on the ground that "they haven't actually raped as many children as it looks like"
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 2 May 2012, 11:40, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

And the really scary thing is that he is actually that much of a buffoon
it's just since he got into office he has refused to discuss anything he does other than at carefully arranged press releases. He never takes questions or engages in debate, because when he does, he comes across as a witless tosser.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 2 May 2012, 11:41, Reply)

And yet, if you held a gun to my wife's head and actually forced me to make decision
I'd still probably take him. He's a twat, and Tory twat at that.

But Livingston is actually a genuinely nasty piece of work.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 2 May 2012, 11:46, Reply)

He may be, but so is Boris. Which is why the whole mayoral system is pretty fucking ridiculous as it's coming down to personality over what they are actually doing.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 2 May 2012, 11:49, Reply)

Neither of them are in any way suitable to run a global economic centre.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 2 May 2012, 11:57, Reply)

Yeah but isn't this true of all politics
I know you're supposed to vote for the party and for the ideals and manifesto etc, but look at what happened when Gordon Brown became the leader of the Labour party.
(berk, Wed 2 May 2012, 12:34, Reply)