Boris Johnson: Mayoral Team Will Not Be Named

After his speech this morning, Johnson told journalists (including me) that he would definitely not be announcing prior to the election who the members of his City Hall team will be in the event of his becoming mayor. He first repeated the view that this would be presumptuous, then added that it would be "impossible" for contractual reasons - presumably a reference to potential recruits needed to extract themselves from existing employment before signing up with him. Asked if it might be helpful to him if a team could be announced in advance he thought it difficult to speculate. Speaking of speculation, though, my information is that James Cleverly, Assembly candidate and blogger of note, has not been sounded out by Johnson to become his "race advisor" as has been reported elsewhere.