Ken catches up but Bojo has more friends...

After looking at the latest batch of opinion polls, supporters of Ken Livingstone to win the London Mayoral Election are shaking in their sandals a little less than they were a few weeks ago.

According to figures, discovered in a YouGov survey for the Evening Standard, Livingstone is gaining on Tory Candidate Boris Johnson at an alarming speed. The numbers for the final run-off show that, although Boris has a 54% popularity quota, Livingstone is quickly catching up at 46%. Whether or not Ken will gain enough to win the May 1st election remains to be seen, but many seem to think he still has a chance.

Most analysts seem to have determined that Boris' declining popularity can be attributed to his buffoonish deportment and foppish hair styling. In these sober English times it would appear that Londoners have no patience for the flippant.

Westmonster decided that, instead of just 'analysing', we would visit the people directly and investigate the issue for ourselves. In an ingenious flash of journalistic insight we decided to visit the candidates on their social-networking Myspace pages to find out what the masses thought about the two mayoral hopefuls.

First visit was Bojo's Myspace page which is currently connected to 943 'friends' including Margaret Thatcher, Tony and Cherie Blair, and somebody called Mr. Methane. We are unsure whether or not the page is the official Bojo page, but, if it is, Boris claims to be a sex addict and states his desire to meet fine young fillies to go bicycling down country lanes with.

Ken Livingstone's page carries a brief biography of the man and professes his desire to meet some skateboarders. Unfortunately he only has two friends, which perhaps doesn't reflect too well on his chances for the election.

Westmonster's journalistic conclusion is that perhaps it's a good job that Myspace users are too young to vote.....

Written by Oli Anderson on 14 Apr 2008 4:52 PM. Permalink