tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8775508395206104053..comments2024-03-29T14:09:49.674+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Boris to serve just one term as Mayor?Jonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-11484068419570740622008-05-29T21:08:00.000+01:002008-05-29T21:08:00.000+01:00The Daily Pundit is spot on with this but I suspec...The Daily Pundit is spot on with this but I suspect it comes from applying elementary political logic rather than inside information.<BR/><BR/>The facts are that Johnson sees himself as the successor to Cameron, and will therefore seek to return to the Commons at the earliest possible opportunity. Realistically this means the next election but one, in 2014/15, thereby ruling out a second term as mayor which would take him to 2016.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it's fair to say he never wanted the mayoralty, but it was only ever a means to the end of establishing himself as the most famous Tory ever sold.Paul Linfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977920120772282561noreply@blogger.com