Electioneering
In time for tomorrow's election, a few highlights of Boris Johnson's career might be in order:
- Getting fired from the Times for falsifying a quotation.
- Writing that "If gay marriage was OK – and I was uncertain on the issue – then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men; or indeed three men and a dog."
- As Editor of the Spectator, publishing this.
- Oh, and writing this ("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").
Other candidates are available. Several – although, of course, not all – are, in my opinion, preferable. It'll be rather depressing if Londoners choose to elect a major based largely on choosing the candidate who has spent the most time on television.
Tags: Boris Johnson, electioneering, politics
May 3rd, 2008 at 13:34
[...] – is both a terrifying and depressing prospect and something that needs to be addressed. Given Mr Johnson's past I'm not entirely convinced that he's the right man for the job, but this is something [...]