Boris Johnson set for re-election as London Mayor, as Twitter is all a'twitter about him. photo: BackBoris2012
The name on everyone’s fingertips on Twitter Thursday morning was “Boris” – London’s current and possibly future mayor. Boris Johnson, Conservative, affable, tow-headed, has been Mayor of London since 2008, when he defeated then mayor and current challenger, Ken Livingstone.
According to The Guardian, Livingstone simply hasn’t been able to catch up to Johnson in the “personality stakes” and, as Londoners head to the polls on Thursday, is unlikely to make up the difference now. But other sources, including the London Evening Standard, claim that the race is much tighter than that: Johnson, wounded by Londoner’s simmering dislike of the Conservative party, is now neck-and-neck with Livingstone.
Whatever happens, the election made “Boris” a trending topic on Twitter Thursday morning (“Livingstone”, perhaps poignantly, was not). Here’s a sample:
Pro-Boris
London, Vote Boris.Ken’s musty! Capital needs intellect & advance. Inertia under Labour always kills The City. Take punt 4 bright future.
— David Piercy (@Komonsenzer) May 3, 2012
Good to see Boris is trending ! Go Boris ! Boris is da main Man ! Vote Boris !A Boris a day keeps Racist Red Ken Away ! Attaboy Boris ! :)
— BazzaJ.Bond(@Strummer07) May 3, 2012
Make sure you vote for Boris – it will be closer than you think conservativehome.blogs.com/platform/2012/…. #no2ken #notkenagain #boris4mayor #voteboris
— Sam Kru (@samkru) May 3, 2012
Anti-Boris
Vote today for Ken Livingstone & Labour. People like Boris, like they like balloons. Don’t let a balloon run London. Vote for Ken #ComeOnKen
— Eddie Izzard (@eddieizzard) May 3, 2012
The silent majority who vote boris are the same silent majority who buy Coldplay records. Out yourselves so we can abuse you!
— itch (@kingblues) May 3, 2012
Londoners, please do not vote for Boris
— preston (@samuelpreston) May 3, 2012
Londoners, please don’t vote Boris again. It really wasn’t funny the first time.
— Timbo (@nefarioustim) May 3, 2012
Other
Fave Boris description is either “the thinking man’s idiot” or that “200 years ago he’d have died leading a cavalry charge into a volcano”
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) May 3, 2012
If I lived in London, I wouldn’t be voting for Boris, + at this stage, nor Ken. But I would be voting#dontwasteit
— Stephanie Brooke (@manx_maid) May 3, 2012
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