A YouGov poll of nearly 1,000 Londoners - for ITV's London Tonight - gives hope that scandal-struck Ken Livingstone can be beaten. The race is neck-and-neck with the Mayor on 45% and Boris Johnson on 44%. The LibDem candidate is floundering on a miserable 7%. Over Christmas Boris Johnson strengthened his campaign team by appointing Lynton Crosby, James McGrath and Toby Vintcent.
Great news but alot still needs to be done before the party can be confident of ousting Kent Livingstone in May's London Mayor election.
Posted by: Paul 'The Machine' Seery | January 02, 2008 at 19:19
I'm surprised it isn't much closer.
But there certainly is lots of hope for Boris.
Posted by: rightsideforum | January 02, 2008 at 19:26
It couldn't be much closer rightsideforum!
Posted by: CCHQ Spy | January 02, 2008 at 19:28
Look, this poll is great news but a lot more needs to happen. Couldn't help noticing that most of the cross-references in CH came up as November or December last year.
I know from Boris's campaign website that he has been doing lots of low key visits all around London but his campaign does need to be a bit more visible than that. Tories can't expect the Evening Standard allegations about corruption to do all their work for them.
Whatever we may think about LibDem ideology we really would quite like more than a few of their second preference votes. So lets hope there are no nasty personal attacks on their candidate. Saying that we think his/their policies are pants is another matter altogether!
Since I live in London, I really do not want to spend a further 4 years with my city being messed up by KL's policies so I'd love a slightly more visible banner to rally behind.
Posted by: Henry Rogers | January 02, 2008 at 19:42
"the LibDem candidate is floundering on a miserable 7%."
Shame, because I'm just listening to his interview on BBC radio London now, and he seems to be the best candidate.
Posted by: Comstock | January 03, 2008 at 15:00
Here, if anyones interested. http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/12/06/paddick_on_vanessa_feature.shtml
Posted by: Comstock | January 03, 2008 at 15:04
This is a handy guide to the Muslim "community leaders" urging people to vote for Livingstone in a letter to yesterday's Guardian:
http://philtaylor.org.uk/?p=1011
Posted by: Reagan Fan | January 04, 2008 at 09:44