Bo Jo Lord Mayor of London

The London Mayor election is in the final week of internet campaigning. Online is playing an increasingly important role in the election strategy and there have been some interesting initiatives and developments, however the majority of prominent web trends tools still show Boris Johnson leading. Using Yahoo! Site Explorer it is possible to examine candidates sites and see how many other sites are linking to them (this gives insight into popularity and also indicates campaign reach): Yahoo! Site Explorer analysis of www.backboris.com - 773 pages on the site and 62,913 other sites linking to it (click for larger image) Yahoo! Site Explorer analysis of ... Read Full Story

So, borris johnson and his crazy hairstyle won this mayor election. I would have voted for him if i was actually old enough to vote, but i’m not so i didn’t Hopefully he’ll be a better mayor than the last one (yes, i really don’t have a clue who that was.. i’m thinking George Bush or Tony Blaire?) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) London Mayoral election 1st May 2008: your opportunity to annoy the politer… What a disgrace! Plusquellic: “I’m not going to change.” London’s Mayoral Race: No Joke Read Full Story

From Thursday's thelondonpaper: According to experts, 2008 has already given the English language more than 100 new words, ranging from the common "credit crunch" to "glamping" - to describe posh camping. Top of the list is "Cripes!" meaning surprise or shock, synonymous with Boris Johnson. Where do I start? We've already had the discussion on whether 'credit crunch' is a word , so I'll leave that to one side. But is BoJo really synonymous with surprise or shock? And who else here knew of 'cripes' (with or without initial cap and exclamation) before 2008? Thelondonpaper adds: [Cripes] has joined a list of other words ... Read Full Story

Boris Johnson Lord Mayor of London Well if you said to Dick Whittingham that he was not going to be Lord Mayor of London because he was beaten in the polls by Boris Johnson I think he would have packed his cat, bag and stick and set off for Paris instead. What He is Saying Boris is saying he will tackle crime on public transport let's just hope he is as good at metaphorical tackling as he is at the real thing. If he can stumble through the elections not really knowing what he is doing and then in one accidental moment of brilliance ... Read Full Story

From the excellent Press Gazette: "The newly-elected Conservative mayor described the move as the first attempt to cut “unnecessary funding” of the Mayor’s Office's publicity budget. Johnson's office claims the Mayor's Office would have spent £2.9 million on the newspaper this year had Ken Livingstone been re-elected. The new administration pledged to use some of the money saved — around £1 million per year — to plant 10,000 trees in London's most deprived areas by 2012." More Read Full Story