What has he accomplised? He went to Eton, and became an MP, and then a shadow minister. Well, if you are part of the super-rich, than you can go to Eton, and then the two following actions are a given if you are an Etonian and want to go down the political route. Those are not accomplishments, name me some please. In fact, name me ONE.

I see an extremely visceral man in Boris. He is certainly not pragmatic. While the handling of the C-charge, could certainly have been better, I think it is an extremely pragmatic decision by Ken. It was not based on ideology, but I hope he improves his handling of it in the next 4 years. I don't see hope at all in this man.

Notice I am using the first person narrative, stop taking collective statements on behalf of an 8-million strong city. Do you think that a city that has elected over 40 Labour MP's, in the last election, many of whom are Campaign Group members, is a 'conservative' one? Do you think that an area, such as the East End, that has elected Socialists like Clement Attlee, is a 'conservative' one? In the 40's a Communist was elected in the East End for Parliament. I think that a left-leaning shows across London, although I know of many conservatives in London, and there are certainly hundreds of thousands, if not millions, as London has many Tory MP's (unfortunately over 20, although I would personally count the member for Bethnal Green and Bow, as far to the right of many Tories, but lets not go there).

I note his visceral attitude, almost at all times. That's why he is not pragmatic. I remember the knighting controversy of Salman Rushdie. I was against it, just because I am critical of the honours system. While on Question Time, Christopher Hitchens was slamming religious fanatics who were threatning to blow themselves up because of the knighthood. While his debating style was far superior to those who happened to be against it, they were having an interesting discussion. Boris then piped in, and scoffed 'I object to this knighthood on purely literary grounds, I have struggled to get through one of Salman Rushdie's books'. I would personally be suprised if he could get through any long book, but that's another matter. All this showed, was that he was getting cheered, for saying something that was not typical of a politician, it required no intelligence, no pragmatism.

I chose this instance because we know of the unintelligant visceral statements he makes about Papua New Guinea, his callous nature during the Ken Bigley hostage crisis (perhaps Liverpool over-sentimentalised the crisis, but he evoked the death of 93 Liverpool football fans), his comments on Homosexuality, his u-turn on Jamie Oliver school meals, his use of the most racist language, the conspiracy to assault Stuart Collier etc. etc.

I respect any conservative who is willing to step up to the plate, and debate ideas. He does not debate. Perhaps Ken also has a visceral reflex, but he evokes far more hope, from many I have spoken to, he appears more intelligent, and there are issues where he can improve, but is still pragmatic.