It occurs to me that as a political observer, one of limited experience and with only moderate intelligence or savvy that I leave a lot to be desired. I am not trying to whine (though that might be how this comes across), but this weekend I was assessing my performance thus far with these blogs. I have reached double figure (barely) only through dragging each piece writhing and flatulent with unverified opinion from the empty cavern that I call a mind. I suspect that my writing is weak and stilted, rather like all of the academic literature that I hated so much throughout my education, though with out the intensive research and thought.

This being the case, and feel free to correct or confirm this view by using the arcane comment button located somewhere here about, these are not my biggest failing in this arena of polemic. Instead I decided that it is my inability to pick winners. The most recent example was of the esteemed Mr Livingstone. I thought that the many good things that he has done for the city I live, the astute way in which he choose the issues that matter to most, the alliance with the green party would be enough to see him easily elected for a third term.

I was of course completely wrong. It didn’t matter that he uses the public transport system that he has worked tirelessly to maintain, extend and refine. It didn’t matter that he has had massive experience in running the largest city in the Union. It didn’t matter that for of all New Labour’s attempts to make the rich into the richest, he clung fiercely to a socialist past that allowed him to see that the common man has as much to give. His commitment to green issues (apparently so 2007) was completely irrelevant.

Now we have Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, an old etonian ‘chum’ of David Cameron. He sounds a man of the people. A man who is famous for his intelligence in print, and for hosting ‘Have I got news for you’. A man who once had to apologise to an entire city for the offense he caused.

The only thing worse than this is that the BNP secured a seat in the Greater London Assembly.