It’s 16 days to go till the 2008 elections for the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. Campaigns are full on but I haven’t really paying much attention to the candidates or what they stand for. As I came out of my train station today, there were several people handing out flyers, which I can only assume are campaign leaflets for their respective candidates. It was then I decided that I better take some time now to get to know who are running.
Of course, I will not be able to do this in one sitting. In the next days, I will post about each of the candidate summarising what I think their manifesto on the different issues that affect Londoners and highlighting those that I am particularly interested in – safety and environment, primarily. What I write will be entirely my opinion and is not (and perhaps will never be) representative of the candidate or their party.
When you skim through the papers and overhear the news, you would think that there only 3 candidates — one for each of the major political parties. Actually there are 10 candidates and they are:
(Image source: Collage of the candidates’ profile image from London Elects – The Mayoral Candidates)
On the top row, L-R:
Richard Barnbrook (British National Party), Gerard Batten (UK Independence Party), Sian Berry (Green Party), Alan Craig (Christian Choice), Lindsay German (Left List)
On the bottom row, L-R:
Boris Johnson (Conservative Party), Ken Livingstone (Labour Party), Winston McKenzie (Independent), Matt O’Connor (English Democrats), Brian Paddick (Liberal Democrats)
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