I’ve been invited to join Boris for lunch tomorrow in a London restaurant, myself and a few other bloggers. I couldn’t refuse that now, could I!
You only have to say the name Boris and everyone knows it means Boris Johnson, regarded as eccentric by some, but as a formidable foe by Ken Livingstone – especially as recent polls have put Boris in the lead for London Mayor..
I’m also looking forward to meeting his PR officer Kate Perrior and Aussie election strategist Lynton Crosby.
If there are any questions you would like me to ask, then please post a comment.
Kate Perrior must have an interesting time managing Boris’ image 🙂
The lunch sounds like fun – look forward to hearing about it…
Your meeting will be most interesting, Ellee.
See you tomorrow!
Dont forget to bring a bib for Boris. While you are at lunch ask him if his support for the NatWest 3 was a bit of a mistake
Hi Ellee,
Some questions;
Forget the ‘NatWest 3’, what about the fact that,
1) London needs a everlasting supply of clean water and no ad-hoc hose-pipe bans, will Boris support the building of a new desalination plant that London desperately needs?
2) London is the greatest capital city in the world, would Boris support building a new airport on an artificial island in the rather un-populated Thames estuary to relieve Heathrows’s congestion?
3) Abolish, or halt the rise of the congestion charge/tax?
Well, that’s just a few things you could chew over, so Bon Appétit…
Ellee: Just as long as it isn’t someone named Vladimir, where you might just disappear, we won’t worry whether you’ll return home safely! 🙂
Can I come to lunch as well? I’d love to be there.
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Looking forward to the report on this. You are meeting some wonderful people lately.
JMB, it is all thanks to my blog, I am amazed – and delighted – by the invites I am getting.
Courtney, I will ask your questions and report back.
Jonathan, I shall really look forward to meeting you too, hope you have the MP3 player with you I have been asking you about.
Michael, no need to worry, I will be home safely, I am sure I will be in good hands.
I have an early meeting in Cambridge before heading for the smoke, I hope you all have a good day too.
Report to us on it.
Excuse Me Courtney You said.
Forget the ‘NatWest 3′, what about the fact that. Blar Blar Blar
Oh Really, Boris was passionate in his support for the NatWest 3. Who then all pleaded guilty to fraud? This shows Boris has very bad judgment. Yes we may need a new desalination plant, but is it wise to leave such a decision to a man with very very poor judgment.
Boris maintains that his support for the Natwest 3 was based on his opposition to the extraction laws. So would Boris have been as supportive if an alleged criminal was being extradited were accused of paedophilia. Probably NOT…QED POOR JUDGEMENT.
Yes Courtney, London is the greatest capital city in the world. Thank you very much Labour and Ken for making it so.
Then there is your idea to abolish, or halt the rise of the congestion charge/tax.
As I always suspected, the Tories were only flirting with green issue, Cambo and the Tories are Phoney when it come to the environmnet
Jimbo,
I’m no Tory, nor am I a friend of Boris, but I would prefer to judge the man on what he is prepared to do for Londoners today, and in the future – not on who he supported many moons ago that has no real bearings on Londoners and their current standard of living.
And, yes, London is the greatest city on Earth, however, it would be a far greater city without Ken and his miserable (possibly fraudulent) cronies.
Just cover him in big wet kisses for me please Ellee, and wish him continued success in the mayoral race – there’s only one Boris Johnson!!
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Pip, you are a scream! And yes, there is only one Boris.
You said it Courtney
“”possibly fraudulent””
Because they are not !!!
Boris, Cameron and Andy Caulson have been very busy recently, digging up dirt where there is no dirt, but dirt does stick. Very nasty Tory campaign.And you actually think Boris is going to deliver better buses, trains,water etc. You have got to be having a laugh.
Such ideas are an anathema to Tory ideology. Privatise the buses, trains and water to the highest bidder,then give the maintenance to the lowest. Boris’s manifesto is like Michael Foots in the early 1980’s, looks Ok,sounds good, but is undeliverable. Day one of Boris as major will see thatmanifesto being shelved, and you will have been well and truly duped.
When I ask people about the Mayoral election, invariably it is the 20 something’s who back Boris. When I ask why, I have yet to receive a reasoned answer. Everyone who backs Boris seems to think it will be a great laugh. Laugh while London goes down the toilet.
Boris will be the biggest embarrassment to ever hit this city
I love the Tories when they are confident. They are even more stupid than I thought.
Ellee, please could you ask him his opinion on whether MPs should make vision statements.
It seems so rare to see a politician standing up and saying ‘This is how our society should be!’
Mostly, they just attack somebody or propose to curb freedom with a new law or impose a higher tax.
How about a statement saying ‘This is the way to make our lives better’ or ‘This is the Britain I would like to see’.
My MP (I hated saying that), the MP for Bridgwater, is hugely negative on his blog attacking everybody in sight – not one positive vision statement.
Yet there are so many areas where we need innovative thinking to make our lives better eg. rural regeneration, and the solution isn’t always more laws, more taxes and being generally nasty to everyone in sight.
Rob, I’m afraid your question was posted too late. I would definitely say that Boris has a clear vision about the London he would like to see. I wrote a follow up post here: https://elleeseymour.com/2008/03/06/how-long-will-it-take-ken-to-clear-his-desk/
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