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Times Online - Tories claim victory for Boris Johnson

The Conservatives were increasingly confident this afternoon that massive Tory gains in local elections across England and Wales would be capped this evening by victory for Boris Johnson, their colourful candidate for London Mayor.

Hmmm, I don’t know. Outcome of the London vote due at 10pm. That’s in…6 hours.

3pm Update:

Telegraph - London Mayor election: Capital left waiting as count drags on

Augh! I even gave them an extra hour!

The failure to produce a result initially expected in the early evening is an embarrassment for the vote organisers who admitted that computers used to count the votes simply could not cope with the level of turnout.

Yeah, the same turnout that delayed…Mugabe’s results! No, I kid, I kid. Or…do I?!

Update II:

Oh dear…

The Times - London falls as Gordon Brown bloodied in May Day election massacre

Mr Livingstone, fighting back tears, said that the fault for his defeat was entirely his own.

He’s making me feel sorry for him?

Update III:

Cue the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor…

Telegraph - Special Section - Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

And, Update IV:

To celebrate, my favourite Boris ever, and one of my favourite columns to date:

Telegraph (December 23, 2004) - We banned a berry – and it took Brussels to stop us being so silly, by Boris Johnson

Honestly, rereading it today, several years after the last time I printed it out during a dinner party to pass around, it still makes me laugh, and laugh, and laugh…