The Boris bandwagon picks up more speed

Hardly a day goes by these days without a story about Boris Johnson and the Tory leadership. Yesterday, it was Andy Coulson’s revelation that David Cameron believed Boris Johnson would be after his job once he’d been London Mayor. Today, it is The Economist talking about ‘Generation Boris’, the more libertarian inclined voters who the magazine suggests will sweep him to Downing Street in 2020.

Now, for Cameron having as his main leadership rival someone who isn’t an MP is not actually that bad, however infuriating some in his circle might find the press and the party’s love affair with the London Mayor.

What’s most striking about Boris, though, is how he avoids the negativity that seems to engulf pretty much every other mainstream politician at the moment. A YouGov poll finds that in London even 55 per cent of Labour voters think he’s doing a good job. Among all voters, that number rises to 65 per cent.