The Independent carries news of a strange survey of business leaders today.

I’m not convinced it’s supposed to be a particularly statistically significant survey, since they only asked 100 City bosses - think of it more as a survey to make questions for Play Your Cards Right out of - but the figures are interesting.

Of course, well remunerated City bosses do tend to support whoever’s wearing the blue rosette, so 62 of those questioned plumping for Boris (against 24 for Ken and 15 for Brian) is not too surprising.

But when you look down at some of the subsequent figures, their more detailed feelings about Boris don’t suggest that their voting intentions are borne out of any deep-held support for Boris.

The number of business people who think the Tory candidate is seen as “too much of a buffoon” has risen from 53 to 65 per cent since January, while the proportion who believe he does not come across as serious enough has also increased, from 57 to 63 per cent. The number of business people who think he has a clearly defined set of policies has dropped from 33 to 30 per cent over the same period.

So, come on business leaders (I know you’re all big readers of the Stop Boris blog), think again about how you’re going to vote: for a non-serious buffoon with no clear policies, or for someone else? Who would you invite onto your executive board?

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