What does No.10 make of Boris’s campaign so far? Not much, judging by Alice Thomson’s column (£) in the Times today:
‘Downing Street is worried. When the mayor came in with his Australian election strategist Lynton Crosby last week, they thought their plans were “underwhelming” and lacked a simple ‘retail offer’ for voters.’
This certainly fits in with what I’ve noted before: that Team Boris is being significantly quieter than Team Ken. Indeed, further research suggests that the current Mayor is trailing far behind his challenger in the all-vital Evening Standard campaign coverage. I’ve sifted through their archives for the past six months, and it turns out that for every Boris initiative being mentioned there are two from Ken. In all of these Ken stories, Boris is reduced to a single line response at the end.
The question, though, is whether this is a failing on Boris’s part, or all part of the plan.
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