Before this site was launched...

...ToryDiary and other ConservativeHome blogs covered aspects of the London Mayoralty race.

Here are some of the relevant links to ConservativeHome and other websites:

• Angie Bray AM: Alternatives to the congestion charge (13 July 2006)
• Gay Conservative - Nicholas Boles - tipped for Mayor of London challenge (Pink News, 12 July 2006)
• Former Met Chief John Stevens emerges as a possible candidate (17 June 2006)
• "Nick Ferrari would walk it, if he stood" (Iain Dale, 16 June 2006)
• Margot James, lesbian Tory rules herself out of mayor race (Pink News, 13 June 2006)
• Francis Maude writes for ConservativeHome about the race for London Mayor (12 June 2006)
• London Mayoral candidate faces big decision on congestion charge (27 April 2006)
• ConservativeHome publishes an open letter to Francis Maude welcoming the idea of an open primary election but raising some concerns about the timetable (5 April 2006)
• Open primary election to choose Tory candidate for London Mayor by October (4 April 2006)
• "Would you support an open primary-style election for selecting the Conservative Party’s next London mayoral candidate?" - a question to the two candidates for the Tory leadership (10 November 2005)
• James Morris: The Conservative Party and Open Networks (3rd November 2005)
• Daniel Hannan MEP: A case for a decentralised Conservative Party and open primaries (25th October 2005)

Comments

[TheRadicalTory]

Lightfoot and Borwick may be worthy individuals, but far too lightweight for a London campaign.

London is a great and ambitious city, it really does need a character with panache to inspire.