daphnedillWasn't that £350 million a week?
rosesareredBoris wasn't great as mayor of London, he was good at fronting the olympics and all the photo opportunities, but as for London wide policies... He won twice, but the Labour candidate was Ken Livingstone, who was past his sell-by at that stage, and the Labour party were pretty much in the doldrums. Boris obviously saw it as a stepping stone to a bigger role as he stood for election as MP last year before the end of his term of office, so he was hardly seen after that. As mayor, he relied heavily on "advisors", some of whom proved to be very dodgy.