I was canvassing this evening for Boris Johnson in Desborough House, a block of Council flats on North End Road. There was a definite swing our way. Of course there needs to be. In 2004 Livingstone beat Steve Norris by 55.4% to 44.6% after the second preferences were allocated.
What struck me about this evening was that nobody complained about Boris being a toff or suggested that he wasn't serious about the job. There were former Labour voters I met this evening who felt he cared about the problems that concerned them and had the enthusiasm and ideas to tackle them.
By contrast the "Time for a Change" message is resonating. On woman in her nineties came to the door in a zimmerframe and told me: "Livingstone is past it. He's been there too long. He should make way for someone else."
