London's mayoral candidate Johnson

"Who will make the more disastrous Mayor of London ?" asks Yasmin Alibhai-Brown in anticipation of London's May 1st Mayoral election. "For anyone who knows the metropolis, the answer should be clear. Don't vote for the clever and cute Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. He does not have the sensibility of a Londoner; he is not one of us, even though, poor chap, he is putting up a good show. Boris says whatever he thinks voters want to hear. None of it, nothing really matters. He must think people are fools who will be instantly convinced by this apology, that assertion... . He supported the war on Iraq; he has not made a single convincing speech on race relations and has made appallingly prejudiced statements. ... Boris could well win. The public is gullible; rich white folk and parts of the press love him."

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