Comments on: Boris is Mayor of London http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/ Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:46:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gill http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-3/#comment-22274 Gill Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:42:30 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-22274 Hello Chris. My understanding is that people are now bidding for the 2016 Olympics as 2012 is officially long since done and dusted for 'official sport' categorisation. Why not raise the profile of coracle-ing by offering to stage a race in the cultural events surrounding 2012? Alert some media people and put on a truly Olympic/athletic event to boost your case and also showcase this part of Western Europe. Hello Chris. My understanding is that people are now bidding for the 2016 Olympics as 2012 is officially long since done and dusted for ‘official sport’ categorisation. Why not raise the profile of coracle-ing by offering to stage a race in the cultural events surrounding 2012? Alert some media people and put on a truly Olympic/athletic event to boost your case and also showcase this part of Western Europe.

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]]> By: chris le miller http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-3/#comment-22270 chris le miller Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:34:48 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-22270 What a pity this web site is not showing the May 3rd telegraph picture of Boris Coracling on the Thames.The only London mayor ever to get in a coracle.If he is brave enough to get in a coracle (and few Britons are) then he will be brave enough to tackle all the issues his new post demands.You can find out about the high adrenaline sport of Coracling on the coracle society my space. http://www.myspace.com/coraclesociety Recently we tried to get an e petition going promoting Coracling as an Olympic sport competed in at the 2012 Olympics.This failed so we wrote to Sir Steve Redgrave on his web site & this too failed.Now we are writing here on Boris Johnson`s web site to see if any reader here can put in a good word. What a pity this web site is not showing the May 3rd telegraph picture of Boris Coracling on the Thames.The only London mayor ever to get in a coracle.If he is brave enough to get in a coracle (and few Britons are) then he will be brave enough to tackle all the issues his new post demands.You can find out about the high adrenaline sport of
Coracling on the coracle society my space.
http://www.myspace.com/coraclesociety
Recently we tried to get an e petition going promoting Coracling as an Olympic sport competed in at the 2012 Olympics.This failed so we wrote to Sir Steve Redgrave on his web site & this too failed.Now we are writing here on Boris Johnson`s web site to see if any reader here can put in a good word.

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]]> By: Barry Taylor http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-3/#comment-20903 Barry Taylor Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:03:04 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-20903 Congratulations Boris and well done for sticking to your own values regarding the Blair issue. We need more straight talking and forthright polititions that are prepaired to make some important decisions, even if they might be unpopular amongst a small number of the old school. I hope the rest of the future government take your lead and run the country in a way that helps the hard working masses and not use them as an ever increasing form of income to support the none contributors of this country. Keep up the good work. Barry Congratulations Boris and well done for sticking to your own values regarding the Blair issue.
We need more straight talking and forthright polititions that are prepaired to make some important decisions, even if they might be unpopular amongst a small number of the old school.
I hope the rest of the future government take your lead and run the country in a way that helps the hard working masses and not use them as an ever increasing form of income to support the none contributors of this country.
Keep up the good work.

Barry

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]]> By: Bea Lamar http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-3/#comment-20122 Bea Lamar Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:29:58 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-20122 "For years I have struggled to get on the Coucil Housing list. The first time I registered I was asked several questions such as, are homeless? are pregnant? have got children? are you taking drug? have you been to prison? have got an illness? are you HIV positve. To all of those questions I replied no, to be told therefore I do not qualify for Council Housing and will not be a priority. That was 15 years, today I am still not a priority because I still don't fill the criteria and earn and income which apparently is above average. I have worked all my life never been on the dole and yet because I choose to work I do not qualify for council Housing despite contributing to sustain those people who are not contributing to this society. No wonder why people don't want to get off the doll,the doors are open to them on a lot of things. I was thinking of changing my mind on that and at the next opportunity be on the dole and be a state statistic!!!! I might jump few places on the council waiting list???? Isn't it time now to change this old fashion approach to housing ( point system)and give a chance to young working people on low income to be equal on the Council Housing market. I believe that working , healthy people are being overlook just for earning an income and being healthy. So Mr Johnson as the new elected Mayor of London I am hoping that this issue will be looked into seriously and changes are going to be made for working contribuying people in this society. " “For years I have struggled to get on the Coucil Housing list. The first time I registered I was asked several questions such as, are homeless? are pregnant? have got children? are you taking drug? have you been to prison? have got an illness? are you HIV positve.
To all of those questions I replied no, to be told therefore I do not qualify for Council Housing and will not be a priority.

That was 15 years, today I am still not a priority because I still don’t fill the criteria and earn and income which apparently is above average.

I have worked all my life never been on the dole and yet because I choose to work I do not qualify for council Housing despite contributing to sustain those people who are not contributing to this society. No wonder why people don’t want to get off the doll,the doors are open to them on a lot of things. I was thinking of changing my mind on that and at the next opportunity be on the dole and be a state statistic!!!! I might jump few places on the council waiting list????

Isn’t it time now to change this old fashion approach to housing ( point system)and give a chance to young working people on low income to be equal on the Council Housing market. I believe that working , healthy people are being overlook just for earning an income and being healthy.

So Mr Johnson as the new elected Mayor of London I am hoping that this issue will be looked into seriously and changes are going to be made for working contribuying people in this society. “

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]]> By: angela http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-3/#comment-19604 angela Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:48:27 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-19604 The election was hugely exciting, and prompted far more people to vote than before, and everything I have read in the newspapers about the new Mayor's aims and ambitions is also hugely exciting. For a start our new Mayor seems genuinely positive and enthusiastic, itself a first for ages in British politics, after the miserable faces and cowed body language of the present government, and secondly we have a Mayor who is intelligent enough to address the root of the problems facing Londoners and even the Guardian newspaper has been honest enough to admit this. Even Gordon Brown is getting behind Boris on the knife crime issue, and better late than never. If he has to get all his ideas from the Mayor's initiatives, so what, this issue is so serious it transcends politics and the important thing is, the problem is being addressed and we should give both of them 100% suport. The election was hugely exciting, and prompted far more people to vote than before, and everything I have read in the newspapers about the new Mayor’s aims and ambitions is also hugely exciting.

For a start our new Mayor seems genuinely positive and enthusiastic, itself a first for ages in British politics, after the miserable faces and cowed body language of the present government, and secondly we have a Mayor who is intelligent enough to address the root of the problems facing Londoners and even the Guardian newspaper has been honest enough to admit this.

Even Gordon Brown is getting behind Boris on the knife crime issue, and better late than never. If he has to get all his ideas from the Mayor’s initiatives, so what, this issue is so serious it transcends politics and the important thing is, the problem is being addressed and we should give both of them 100% suport.

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]]> By: michaell http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-3/#comment-19557 michaell Wed, 21 May 2008 23:18:17 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-19557 The Boris era is here at last a man with a sense of humor this will be the best thing that has as happened to london for many years, Boris was worth voting for, the best man won and may he be there for as long as time last.....Red Ken no more Ha..Ha...Boris is here to stay....well done Boris you are the MAN....to change this London town..... The Boris era is here at last a man with a sense of humor this will be the best thing that has as happened to london for many years, Boris was worth voting for, the best man won and may he be there for as long as time last…..Red Ken no more Ha..Ha…Boris is here to stay….well done Boris you are the MAN….to change this London town…..

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]]> By: dean http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-2/#comment-19543 dean Sun, 18 May 2008 17:16:33 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-19543 Thank god ken is gone! Good luck, hopefully you can make London greater! Thank god ken is gone!

Good luck, hopefully you can make London greater!

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]]> By: Steven_L http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-2/#comment-19535 Steven_L Sat, 17 May 2008 11:21:37 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-19535 mmmmm lager, I think I'll get up and go to the pub watch the test match over a few cold lagers. mmmmm lager, I think I’ll get up and go to the pub watch the test match over a few cold lagers.

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]]> By: Abbey http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-2/#comment-19534 Abbey Sat, 17 May 2008 09:39:38 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-19534 Sat Sri Akal Mr Johnson and congratulations. I really do hope and believe that you will live by your convictions and endeavour to shape London as a truly diverse and accepting community. London's uniqueness is second to none and sadly too many Londoners are feeling abandoned by senseless political opinions and policies. Please use common sense and hear the voice of the public. Thanks ASR Sat Sri Akal Mr Johnson and congratulations.

I really do hope and believe that you will live by your convictions and endeavour to shape London as a truly diverse and accepting community.

London’s uniqueness is second to none and sadly too many Londoners are feeling abandoned by senseless political opinions and policies.

Please use common sense and hear the voice of the public.

Thanks

ASR

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]]> By: Eddie http://www.boris-johnson.com/2008/05/04/boris-is-mayor-of-london/comment-page-2/#comment-19532 Eddie Fri, 16 May 2008 17:35:36 +0000 http://www.boris-johnson.com/?p=415#comment-19532 Mr Johnston, Firstly , congratulations on becoming the Mayor of London and hope that now that you have this position you will not be supporting the Mega Mosque in London as Red Ken did.The people of the UK have had enough of Islam and its teachings and it is time that the people were told the truth of what is going on inside the Mosques and Muslim ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and we dont want to go through what the countries in the Middle East have had to under Islamic rule. Mr Johnston, Firstly , congratulations on becoming the Mayor of London and hope that now that you have this position you will not be supporting the Mega Mosque in London as Red Ken did.The people of the UK have had enough of Islam and its teachings and it is time that the people were told the truth of what is going on inside the Mosques and Muslim ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and we dont want to go through what the countries in the Middle East have had to under Islamic rule.

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