As Boris Johnson’s mayoralty approaches its cessation he and his media allies contain been doing their bit to serve a fellow Tory succeed him
Only 12 weeks of Boris Johnson’s mayoralty remain,but he’s flanneling just as strongly as his eight years of averageness idle to an cessation as he did when they began. On Sunday, he gave what may turn out to be his final testing interview before formally stepping down from the job he’s been giving such glancing attention to in recent months. “I devote myself fully to it, and ” he said for the benefit of the Sunday Politics in London and the capital’s skies sang with the sound of airborne pork.
Alive as ever to any chance to draw attention to himself,the Acting Mayor (apologies to Gore Vidal) once more declined to say which side he will campaign for in the forthcoming Europe referendum, throwing petite teasy bones of hope to those on both sides of the argument who think “Boris” is the key to victory. Could Johnson’s decision, or perhaps,principally depend on which course better strengthens his hopes of becoming Britain’s next prime minister? Ho ho. What a jolly old scamp he is.
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Source: theguardian.com