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London Mayor Boris Johnson was emphatic today on who he thought won last nights leader debate as his role in the election contuned to evolve. Unsurprisingly his leader David Cameron got the nod, the blonde haired one telling live television "he aced it!" Johnson, accused last week for using the launch of the new East London Overground for political purposes was asked if he was "the only one" who thought the Conservative frontman cleaned up. "He won it hands down last week" he replied. Talking at a St. George's Day in Leadenhall market in the City of London with his party leader flanked by pearly kings and queens, he admitted feeling "excluded" from the election - it is business as usual for the Mayor and the Greater London Authority who hold elections in 2012. The Mayor's role in this election is undefined, his predecessor Ken Livingstone did his bit in blurring the lines as to when a Mayor is not a Mayor after his run in with a Jewish "concentration cap guard" reporter. Johnson is however happy to lend his face and his credibility as an electable Tory in the capital. He teamed up with Cameron in the early days of campaigning in Chelsea Barracks and has been popping up all over London next to parliamentary candidates. A Conservative Mayor has been seen as a petri dish for a Tory government, something Johnson denies - but Cameron knows success or failure in governing London is a huge factor in deciding which way Londoners will cast their votes. Anyone who has been to a hustings will hear Labour candidates bellow over plans to cut police numbers or threats to Tube ticket offices.
Trident "madness"
Rising star Nick Clegg, who was widely regarded to have held his strong standing from last weeks debate, also came in for a tongue lashing from the Old Etonian over Trident. "It's madness" Johnson said, "it will leave us open to nuclear blackmail." And the hype? "Clegg has not lived up to it".
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