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Friday 9 May 2008

4 "Boris Killer" Questions

It was partly my fault, I suppose. When I thought of my four Boris killer questions in a Pythagoras Eureka moment in my bath, it was already the afternoon o f1 May 2008, and I had already voted.

The questions were:

(1) Are you -
(a) voting FOR someone you believe would actually make improvements or
(b) voting AGAINST someone you dislike and distrust?

(2) Would you judge a candidate on
(a) the promises he makes or
(b) his track record

(3) Would knowing whether a candidate was for or against the Iraq invasion affect your perception of his judgment?
(a) Yes
(b) No

(4) Did you know that Boris Johnson, London’s new mayor, voted for the Iraq invasion?
(a) Yes
(b) No

No prizes for guessing which answers I think are the right ones!

Ken should have -

a) entirely dissociated himself from the Labour leadership
b) reminded Londoners that he was against the Iraq invasion
c) hinted that he might not after all introduce the driver-penalising measures he was proposing to, because of Credit Crunch and the worsening economic situation, or something along those lines.

Such a shame I did not think to offer to run his campaign in time!

But perhaps a period out of office will make us all miss him, particularly when we see that council tax is not going to go down, the crime rate does not miraculously diminish, and drivers sit in traffic jams just as long, even with a new mayor.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Archimedes is the one famous for the eureka moment, not Pythagoras.

Claire Khaw said...

I stand corrected!

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