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Originally Posted by Stripey
That's not the point, the point is boris johnston is a certifiable cretin.
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Well, why bring up the point he's a quiz show panellist if it's "not the point"? The fact he's got a sense of humour shouldn't disqualify him from high office. He's certainly more intelligent and capable than Livingstone, and the people of London appear to agree with that judgement.
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Originally Posted by Frosty Jack
I'm sure the BNP will be quite delighted with the choice of mayor. They've got an Imperial throwback who want to "begin the reBritannification of Britain". He also referred to black people as 'picaninnies' with 'water-melon smiles'. And then of course there was this one -
""It is time to reassert British values. That means disposing of the first taboo, and accepting that the problem is Islam. Islam is the problem."
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I would say that one of the main obstacles in the way of asserting British values as espoused by the majority of people in London and the country at large is Islam as expressed by people such as Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Livingstone's sharia supporting, terrorist absolving, gay persecuting Jew hating friend. Ken's tolerance and public support of such dangerous individuals proved to be his downfall when it came to gaining support amongst those who feel their safety, values and livelihood were under threat from a mayor who made a virtue of being out-of-touch with the feelings of the electorate.
Livingstone has given the radical militant element of Islam a platform from which they can give voice to their abhorrent views. If Johnson can reverse the practice at City Hall of advocating the views of extremists, and replace them with voices of pragmatism, peace and maturity, then he will have gone a long way towards restoring London's reputation and the people of the city, muslims and non-muslims alike, will have reason to be grateful to him.
As for the picanninnies comment, he was writing a satirical piece on Tony Blair's visit to Africa, in which he was evoking dispatches of old by journalists in colonial times and placing it in a modern setting. Anyone who read the piece and understood the context in which it was written could not possibly have taken any offence to it.
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Originally Posted by Frosty Jack
This cheeky chappie is now the figurehead for our country's capital. That's not funny, that's dangerous.
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I for one feel a little bit safer knowing that Ken Livingstone will never run anything bigger than a newt shop ever again. He was a relic from the 80's who should never have been allowed to have a second crack at power, and the major political parties should feel ashamed that they put up such pathetic resistance to his return in the two elections before this one.
I think Johnson's going to surprise everyone by being a popular and effective administrator, and he'll certainly be less of a polarising, hysterical, paranoid, crooked and outdated leader than Red Ken. If he does the job well, he'll be the prime candidate to be PM after David Cameron.
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03-05-2008, 13:30
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