London 2008

[Adlai Stevenson]

It seems Livingston is really struggling but can anyone actually conceive of Johnson being elected Mayor, I mean honestly, it would be embarrassing for London.  Brian Paddick is doing pretty well.  The Standard poll had him getting 42% of the second preference votes, and his 12% is arguably taking away from Ken.  If Paddick's 12% was added to Livingston's 37% he would be tied with Johnson on 49%.  The Livingston campaign really need to start hitting Johnson hard and attempt to define him as inexperienced and untrustworthy; and they need to stop the flow of scandals - he is clearly being dogged by them.  Livingston has dropped from 45% to 39% to 37%, while Johnson has rised from 39% to 44% to 49%.  Paddick has raised his vote from 7% to 12% but seems to remaining static.