Boris Johnson versus Ken Livingstone?

Londoners are looking forward to an exciting race for the mayor's office, Wolfgang Koydl reports. He portrays the dynamic conservative politician and "toff" Boris Johnson, who to everyone's surprise - not least his own - has good chances of deposing governing mayor Ken Livingstone in next May's elections. "Behind his clown image, that of the talented dilettante who knows a bit about everything, there's a razor-sharp intellect... Among Johnson's many published works there's a sarcastic political thriller and a history of Rome in which he explores the question of why the EU, unlike the ancient empire, cannot build a Europe. However Johnson never tries to avoid the harsh spotlight of public life, nor those faux pas that seem to dog his every step... Indeed, his blunders have secured him a degree of fame that other politicians can only envy. You either love him or hate him, but hardly anyone would shrug indifferently at the mention of his name."

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