Goodbye Ken

It’s happened. After eight years Ken Livingstone has lost his post as mayor of London by a buffoonish racist called Boris Johnson. I’m glad I’m leaving the country if it means I can avoid the nightmare London will become under this fool.

Ken Livingstone has a lot of faults but he had the guts to push through the congestion charge, revitalised London’s transport network (and used it himself) and made affordable housing for residents a priority.

By contrast Boris, while being a very funny raconteur, has had two affairs (that we know about), is racist, homophobic and lacks the common sense of a whelk. May the gods help us.