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April 22, 2008

Who Would Be In Boris Johnson's Mayoral Team?

It's no longer just me asking this question. There's now quite a chorus. Tony Travers yesterday:

"The Conservatives will still not tell us who, precisely, will run Boris Johnson's London. This is a profound weakness for a candidate who remains vulnerable to a battery of attacks on his competence to govern. If Johnson is to run the capital as "chairman of the board", he really should tell us who the executives will be."

What's more, the Telegraph in a leader:

"It would be to London's advantage to see the back of Ken Livingstone; but how convinced are voters that his principal opponent offers something worth supporting? Who, for instance, will run the city in a Johnson mayoralty? So far, we have been given one name, that of Bob Diamond, president of Barclays, who will administer a fund to help disadvantaged youngsters."

In fact, the same day's paper revealed a list of others who will assist with Johnson's proposed mayor's fund. But this is a side issue. Who will be bossing the mayoral ministries, the advisers on transport, policing, housing and so on? Who might be brought in at TfL? Apparently, Johnson will tonight in a debate on ITV hint that Peter Hendy and Tim O'Toole might be kept on. But if so, for how long? And is dropping this hint simply a ploy to keep the issue at arm's length?

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