#VoteBike - 2012 London Mayoral elections

If you were to examine the context of Johnson's picaninnies comment you would see that in fact he was using the word as part of attributing a certain patronising attitude towards foreign countries to Tony Blair. It was clear that it wasn't his attitude but one he supposed Blair to have.

If you look at Livingstone's words in their proper context it is clear that he dismisses Jews as rich Tories, and it is indicative of his own prejudices.

What? When Boris says piccanniny he's a wit and a humourist, yet Ken in an apparent quote it is clear he's an anti-Semite?

How about Johnson's phone call asking for a Journo to be roughed up a bit? Satirical roughing up was it?

No one has moved beyond half truths and hearsay in their criticism of Livingstone on this thread. I dislike Johnson both because he's a prick and because of his politics. He's has done next to nothing in his time as mayor, and, amongst other things, has actively opposed measures to make cycling safer. The same could not be said of Livingstone.