On time and under budget? İnşallah!
Hire them to upkeep the tube!
― Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 16:01 (sixteen years ago) link
If there's gonna be a marked increase in "lol Boris Johnson is a legend" talk as a result of this I think I might actually murder someone
OTM, I might just join that single anti-BJ group now.
― Just got offed, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
it's pretty ridiculous that that anti mega-mosque petition doesn't even mention Tablighi Jamaat
― blueski, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 16:05 (sixteen years ago) link
MIKE READ OUT
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/mike_read/2007/07/im_backing_boris.html
"I've spoken to lots of young kids in gangs or 'crews' as they prefer to be known..."
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Boris reminds me of some people I went to school with. Cunts, all (except for Chuck Tatum and a handful of others).
― admrl, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 17:34 (sixteen years ago) link
FWIW, I think Ken's good. Obv I don't live there no more but I like to see the place in good nick when I pop back for a visit.
― admrl, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
My choice for mayor would be someone like JG Ballard or Neil from the "Up" series.
― admrl, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 17:45 (sixteen years ago) link
http://image.blingee.com/images12/content/output/2007/7/17/57467881_d5758d2c.gif Make Your Own Glitter Graphics
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:37 (sixteen years ago) link
lol @ toynbee calling boris a toff. i mean, seriously.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:39 (sixteen years ago) link
"i didn't know about the affordable housing thing either. but the £30k thin's even more bewildering - so you need a minimum salary of that to qualify? huh??
-- CharlieNo4, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:43 PM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Link"
it's called 'shoring up the base' duh.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=780751356&context=pool-433899@N22&size=l
― Filey Camp, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 10:30 (sixteen years ago) link
the number of pro-boris groups on facebook is terrifying. he is a tory, end of.
It's fucked. It's also fucked that a lot of normal, decent people I know are joining them.
― the next grozart, Friday, 20 July 2007 12:56 (sixteen years ago) link
Cameron doesn't seem to be doing too well with style over substance (particularly in ealing) so there is hope.
― Ed, Friday, 20 July 2007 13:01 (sixteen years ago) link
as we are now sold politics as 'management' and have managerial politicians, its not a surprise that 'character' politicians spur interest, and its no surprise there are pro-boris groups on facebook, how many of those people would actually vote for boris is questionable, if only because how many of those people would actually vote at all...is questionable
― Filey Camp, Friday, 20 July 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Anti-Boris facebook group
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 20 July 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
321 members in three days -- you can't front on that.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 20 July 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
mayors have a long history of being charismatic bastards, much more so than legislators have - viz "he's OUR asshole" - i think people sort of like their city being run by some raffish rake, as long he he gets things done - the latter part is the problem for boris
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 July 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Shittiest thing about Facebook - you can't even look at it unless you are a member.
― Masonic Boom, Friday, 20 July 2007 14:02 (sixteen years ago) link
um that's kind of a good thing?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 20 July 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
My name-a Boris! I like sex! Is nice!
― JTS, Friday, 20 July 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Opik Only One
I am not sure how I feel about the Cheeky Girls having any kind of influence on the running of Our Fair Cit-E...
And Warwick Lightfoot has an even better name...
― blueski, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 13:00 (sixteen years ago) link
the cheeky girls would be better than this shower.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 13:02 (sixteen years ago) link
As posted by Enrique
I am not Enrique. I suppose we all look the same to you, is that it?
― That mong guy that's shit, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 13:07 (sixteen years ago) link
who all look the same to you? what?
what about John Big Issue Bird? He is considering standing as an independent.
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 13:08 (sixteen years ago) link
don't get uppity, mong guy.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 13:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Always holdin the mong guy down
― That mong guy that's shit, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 13:11 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/graphics/2007/07/16/nboris116.jpg He clearly doesn't measure up for the job...
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Opik not standing now... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6926020.stm
The beeb are re-using urls so if you click on 'Lembit poised to enter London race' on the right hand side you get 'Lembit declines to enter London race'.
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 21:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Warwick Lightfoot is a very well known london tory. Tried to get Chelsea and Kensington whne Portillo got it and again when Rifkind got it. He must be getting pissed off with getting bumped by famous faces.
― Ned Trifle II, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 21:05 (sixteen years ago) link
http://politics.guardian.co.uk/gla/story/0,,2141480,00.html
― Dom Passantino, Saturday, 4 August 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Paddick to run for Lib-Dems?
― The Boyler, Sunday, 5 August 2007 12:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Qaradawi is like the most liberal Muslim cleric in world whose liberalism has not taken him into heresy
― Heave Ho, Sunday, 5 August 2007 12:49 (sixteen years ago) link
In an article written in October 2002, Mr Johnson described the Queen meeting "piccaninnies", adding that when the prime minister arrives in the Congo "the pangas will stop their hacking of human flesh, and the tribal warriors will all break out in watermelon smiles to see the big white chief touch down in his big white British taxpayer-funded bird".
Make this man a symbolic figurehead for London tout se suite!
― Frogman Henry, Sunday, 5 August 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
de suite bah
― Frogman Henry, Sunday, 5 August 2007 14:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I would be more offende by that "big white chief" excerpt if it wasn't clearly being used as part of a scathing attack on the Prime Minister in question and presumably used with heavy irony.
I would be able to take the above defence a lot more seriously if it wasn't for the "piccaninnies" quote and, well, the fact that it's coming from Boris Johnson. Cunt.
I do wonder how much any of this will be used against him in any campaign, and more worrying, if it IS used against him, whether or not it will actually be damaging.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 August 2007 16:39 (sixteen years ago) link
in a way it already is being used, just not directly. maybe mrs lawrence picked up the phone without prompting, but i wouldn't bet on it.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 5 August 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
you can insinuate the shameful colonial history of the UK and how the PM's visit to the Congo represents a modern-day extension of it without using the words "piccaninnie" and "watermelon" and any politician with half a brain would have done so
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 5 August 2007 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Tracer - yeah of course, that's kind of what I was getting at.
NRW - Re Doreen Lawrence - If she didn't, would it invalidate her point?
The best thing to happen in this campaign would be a no-holds-barred dirty tricks-fest of the "grrr you hate black people", "grrr you hate Jews" variety. I doubt this will happen because both will be too concerned about playing up their respective charismatic personas to the press.
Quite how this will play at a time when charisma and charm seem to be going out of fashion in British politics in comparison to heavyweight seriousness (cf Cameron/Blair vs Brown) and I'm still claiming a plucky independent with the right cause could clean up.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 August 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
The best thing to happen in this campaign would be a no-holds-barred dirty tricks-fest of the "grrr you hate black people", "grrr you hate Jews" variety
They did "grrr you hate brown people", "grrr you hate Jews" in Bethnal Green and Bow two years ago. It was shit.
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 5 August 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
"Re Doreen Lawrence - If she didn't, would it invalidate her point?"
no, but i'm just saying -- it's already so on, per the title.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 5 August 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah the Jews lost out bigtime.
You can also read the above quote as the (hopefully used) biggest weapon against Boris that he is more interested in being a journalist and professional celebrity than he is in being a politician.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 5 August 2007 17:00 (sixteen years ago) link
edited highlights of um someone's facebook friends submitted here as statistical proof of something or other:
Boris For Mayor ▪ VICE MAGAZINE ▪ emo people suck and should jump off a bridge and die ▪ If You Don't Like Peep Show, You're Probably Not Worth Knowing ▪
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, 2 September 2007 15:30 (sixteen years ago) link
don't forget to vote for your Tory nominee heh heh
― blueski, Monday, 10 September 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
a madman rants
― blueski, Monday, 10 September 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
# Boris Johnson is MP for Henley drummer for Gay Dad
― stevie, Monday, 10 September 2007 18:28 (sixteen years ago) link
to be fair, that is one of the more sane articles he's written, really.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 September 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link
his 'buses don't hang on for mums with pushchairs or old ladies with shopping because they're not operating on a passenger increase=funding increase basis' reasoning and how much he's hingeing things on it is just...staggering.
― blueski, Monday, 10 September 2007 20:12 (sixteen years ago) link
he didn't want to lose potential voters by giving the real reason, ie bus drivers = bastards.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 September 2007 20:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I see bus drivers waiting for running mums/businesswomen/elderly/youth all the time.
― ledge, Monday, 10 September 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe it's just the likes of me that don't get waited for.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Monday, 10 September 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link