Be afraid. Be very afraidI understand the Guardian is a strongly partisan newspaper but blatant hatchet jobs like this do its reputation for sound journalism no good at all.
Unbelievable as it may seem, Boris Johnson has a real chance of being elected London mayor today. Zoe Williams and other Londoners imagine what it would be like if this bigoted, lying, Old Etonian buffoon got his hands on our diverse and liberal capital.
Williams compounds her tatty treatment of Johnson by appending to her article (under the heading "Don't choose the clown!") a long list of anti-Boris quotes from such notables as Alan Rickman, Vivienne Westwood, Will Self, Arabella Weir, Blake Morrison and Inayat Bunglawala mixed in with comments from a hairdresser, an IT worker and some guy called Dave (?), who says, amongst other things, "I used to enjoy watching him cycling through London without his helmet, but he is just a massive Tory." How insightfull.
I imagine the Guardian paid Zoe Williams for this article, they really should consider passing on the cost to Ken Livingstone's election campaign.
