LONDON MAYOR - GOONERS DECIDE
- MizzNaughty
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Just watched on Sky News!
Maybe but to me, and it is ridiculous but I think it is true, the Mayor of London is simply a token figure!
If it was a genuine seat of authority do we really think that Ken and Boris would be involved?
I support Labour as previously stated but when it comes to London I actually think Boris has a heart that cares genuinely about the city!
He may well make a balls up of it but he will do it with the right intentions and was the best of three clowns!

Maybe but to me, and it is ridiculous but I think it is true, the Mayor of London is simply a token figure!
If it was a genuine seat of authority do we really think that Ken and Boris would be involved?
I support Labour as previously stated but when it comes to London I actually think Boris has a heart that cares genuinely about the city!
He may well make a balls up of it but he will do it with the right intentions and was the best of three clowns!

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- N17 Gooner
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Local government in the UK only exists on licence, being a unitary state Westminster holds all the power.Maybe but to me, and it is ridiculous but I think it is true, the Mayor of London is simply a token figure! If it was a genuine seat of authority do we really think that Ken and Boris would be involved?
London has always been an important prize though. The current GLA is but a shadow of what the LCC and the GLC used to have. The structure of London's local government has always been changed by central government because the latter has always seen it as a threat.
'Greater London' only exists because the Tories would never get control of London's local government without the outer ring. They abolished the GLC altogether because it was causing the tories problems.
The Tories controlling London is very rare. Since the 30s they've only had control between 1967-73 and 1977-81.
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Looks like London swings to the right in more ways than one.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7381633.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7381633.stm
they're all the same, but at least Boris has this on his CV
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIUp19bBoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWIUp19bBoA
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