The Boris Johnson Story
In an age of on-message machine politicians, Boris Johnson - who has just been elected mayor of London - is a one-off.
In an age of on-message machine politicians, Boris Johnson - who has just been elected mayor of London - is a one-off.
Boris Johnson defeated Ken Livingstone, the incumbent, on a day full of losses for the Labor Party in local elections.
Justice Secretary Jack Straw said that Labour’s policy of abolishing the lower rate of tax had turned many voters against the party.
Journalist-turned-politician Boris Johnson was elected London mayor on Friday, capping his Conservative Party’s nationwide stomping of the ruling Labor Party in a rebuke to the leadership of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
U.K. voters resoundingly rejected the Labour Party in local elections last week. It was no capricious shift, but a citizen revolt against trendy carbon and nanny-state taxes that empower only bad government.
Conservative Boris Johnson wins the mayor’s office in a rout of Britain’s ruling party in local elections.
It’s a pleasure to see Red Ken get sent out on his ass. An absolute pleasure.
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