Sir: I’m very encouraged to see you doing such wonderful work supporting Boris Johnson in his bid to be Mayor of London…
Why we need Boris
Sir: I’m very encouraged to see you doing such wonderful work supporting Boris Johnson in his bid to be Mayor of London (Leading article, 21 July). Yes, it’ll be a great laugh and yes, Boris is a great personality and a good match for Ken, but that’s not why I think it’s so important.
It is crucial for Boris to become Mayor because if, as now seems likely, David Cameron and his team of young lightweights are blown away by Gordon Brown at the next election, Boris will be the only high profile Conservative in the country. We’ll need him desperately to remind voters that politics doesn’t have to be about giving ever more power to a growing government; that there is a party that stands for freedom, and protects tradition and community at the same time.
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