Is the search for a credible candidate over?
After reading in the Times over the weekend about the Tories’ candidate for Mayor of London (or in this case the lack of one)…I was beginning to look foward to seeing poor Steve Norris get trampled for the third time. But it looks like we may all be saved from that embarrassment..
It seems that the Tories were trying to find anyone that was “credible” - in this case, credibility was defined as a) having been on TV and b) having annoyed vast swaths of the public. Extras points were awarded for having annoyed vasts swaths of the electorate on TV - Jeremy Clarkson was the front runner in this category. Candidates also included Former Ambassador Chris Meyer (but clearly he got turned down because everyone would get confused by Mayor Meyer!).
According to Guido (who, of course, predicted it weeks ago) Nick Boles is going to run (probably) on the populist platform to bring back the Routemaster buses.
Although I like the bendy buses - I have to admit that Red Ken made a mistake with these ones. If I remember correctly (although I can’t find the article I read it in) London bought the cheaper model without the fire suppression units installed.
Well there’s certainly a vast number of Londoners who would like to see all the bendy buses go up in flames (athough without anyone on them - I hope).
August 1st, 2006 at 7:28 pm
Looks like the race is going to get a little bit more exciting. According to Iain Dale five people (that no one’s heard of) are now in the running for Tory candidate.
Remember, Londoners, your vote counts twice in this election. The Tories are giving us all the chance to nominate their candidate. They’re certainly going to need more than this five to get anyone except party loyalists (and Labour no-gooders) to vote.