Perhaps it will be easier to report the rare occasions Boris does turn up to an event than the numerous things he bottles out of in the coming weeks.

Last night he went to an actual hustings with actual members of the public and TV cameras and everything - extraordinary! It’s almost as if he’s campaigning properly in an election or something!

There was a catch, though. This hustings was organised by the Evening Standard (and the almost-as-objectionable ITV London Tonight), and was held in Knightsbridge, far and away one of the wealthiest areas of the capital, which also happens to be in the more recently added half of the Congestion Charge zone, and home to a lot of 4×4-drivers who’d be liable to Ken’s proposed £25 CO₂ Charge.

So, guess what the outcome was at the end of the debate when they held a vote to ask the audience who they thought would be getting their vote? You’ll be gobsmacked to learn that the winner was Boris.

I wonder why he decided this was the event to turn up to, rather than the Time Out hustings tomorrow or Radio 4’s Any Questions?

On the Time Out front, Boris’s team last night tried to cover their gaffophobia by blaming Time Out themselves; Time Out have since responded at length to set the record straight. Of course, it’s their word against his, but their account is pretty detailed, and there’s clearly a lot of nannying and manipulation going on from Boris’s side.

And let’s face it, who are you going to believe, some journalists, or, er, another journalist, who’s now also a politician, who’s additionally desperately trying to get elected, using what looks to be the second most dishonest campaign of this election (after the BNP, of course)?

This entry was posted on Tuesday 1 April 2008 at 18.42 by Mr. Stop Boris and is filed under Evening Standard, Gaffophobia, Getting an easy ride, ITV London Tonight, Media. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS2 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.