Yeah Baby, Bojo won!
Boris Johnson won a stunning victory over Ken Livingstone, London's Mayor for the last 8 years, on 1st May appropriately St Boris Day.

The new Boris broom is already sweeping out many of the former mayor's darker recesses. More news will be reported as it occurs.

Boris nabs it
Boris Johnson has been chosen as the Tory candidate for the 2008 London mayoral contest.

Mr Johnson, an MP and television personality, said that he was looking forward to the challenge and that the days of "King Newt" - a reference to Ken Livingstone, the current mayor and celebrated newt-fancier - were numbered.

Catch Boris on camera to win a bike
Fans of Boris Johnson should get their cameras at the ready as the London mayoral hopeful has offered a bike to one lucky snapper. Boris is challenging the public to catch him on camera while he undertakes a three-week tour of London in a bid to vow voters.

Boris launches Mayoral campaign- OFFICIAL!
Boris Johnson launched his campaign to be mayor of London today with a vow to be a serious candidate.

Setting out his commitments as mayor, Mr Johnson said he would tackle the housing crisis in the capital, as well as problems with transport, petty crime and anti-social behaviour.

Boris a shoo-in for London Mayoral nomination
STOP PRESS: 1 Sept 2007: Boris is officially launching his campaign to be the next Mayor of London on
Monday 3rd September 2007 in the debating chamber at County Hall. (ENDS)

Boris Johnson is on track to win the Tory nomination for London mayor by a landslide.

Nearly 70% of party supporters in the capital want the flamboyant Henley MP to take on Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone in next year's election, a survey found.

More dirty tricks claimed as mayoral battle hots up
A political battle erupted over the London mayoral elections on Tuesday, after a Brownite pressure group launched a ferocious attack on Boris Johnson, the likely Tory candidate. Mr Johnson responded by accusing Ken Livingstone, the Labour incumbent, of “desperation”.

Mayor rejects 'Stop Boris' claims
London mayor Ken Livingstone has dismissed claims that some Labour supporters are trying to block Boris Johnson's bid to stand against him.  

The Tories are holding open primaries allowing all Londoners to help choose the party's candidate. Two websites are urging Labour voters to take part, leading to claims they might choose a weaker candidate.

Ferrari revs up to starting line
My slogan is 'Vote for me, I'm not one of them'. Politicians' stock right now is down there with premiership football players and prostitutes, and that is about right. They need to be taught a lesson.

Black Labour MPS reject Boris's Mayoral bid
Conservative MP Boris Johnson's bid to become London mayor has been condemned by black Labour MPs representing north London constituencies with large ethnic communities.

Dawn Butler and Diane Abbott, Labour MPs for Brent South and Hackney North respectively, quoted speeches and article by Johnson in the last decade which they said showed his views on race harked back to the 1950s.

It's Official! Paddick to stand for London Mayor
As predicted in The Naked Reader last week, former Met Police commissioner Brian Paddick, has put himself forward to be the Liberal Democrat mayoral candidate for London.

A spokesman for the Liberal Democrats confirmed that the party had been in talks with Mr Paddick, who was Britain’s most senior openly gay policeman until his retirement as Metropolitan Police deputy assistant commissioner this year.

Boris "a formidable opponent" says Ken
London Mayor Ken Livingstone says that potential rival Boris Johnson is the most formidable opponent he has faced in his political career.  Livingstone dubbed the Tory MP "a charming and engaging rogue" and predicted he would be "no walkover".

Lembit Opik to enter mayoral ring?
Lembit Opik, the eccentric Lib-Dem MP, best known for his celebrity girlfriends (he is currently dating Gabriela Irimia, one of the Cheeky Girls,a Romanian pop duo), has been expressing interest in standing for London mayor for a couple of months now.

Brian Paddick to put up for London Mayor?
Rumours continue to circulate in London that the Met Police's most senior gay officer, until he retired in November 2006, ex Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick, will shortly be announced as the Lib-Dem candidate for London mayor.

More news as it breaks.....

"Jaws" Mayor a role model
"The real hero of Jaws is the mayor," Mr Johnson said last year in an after dinner speech at Lloyd's of London.

"A gigantic fish is eating all your constituents and he decides to keep the beaches open. OK, in that instance he was actually wrong. But in principle, we need more politicians like the mayor - we are often the only obstacle against all the nonsense which is really a massive conspiracy against the taxpayer."

Enter Boris Stage Right
The temperature of the forthcoming electoral campaign to be Mayor of London has ratcheted up several degrees with the announcement that the popular political maverick Boris Johnson, the Tory MP and journalist, has thrown his hat into the ring to be the official Tory candidate for London Mayor against the cranky Labour incumbent Ken Livingstone.

Boris versus Ken for Mayor of London
Legend has it that Boris Johnson began his political career in a car park in Henley-on-Thames grappling with 40 blue Conservative balloons. As the would-be Tory MP struggled to disentangle the strings, a helpful aide stepped forward with a cigarette lighter to burn through the Gordian knot.

Balloons began exploding all around. “It sounded like the gunfight at the OK Corral,” Boris later recorded of his campaign in the 2001 election.