Boris Johnson isn’t the magic bullet the Tories imagine | Martin Kettle

If the mayor really is the man to provide ‘hope, happiness and Heineken’, why are the polls so poor in London?

Scotland is getting a lion’s share of attention in this election, and with excellent reason. Yet London, with its 73 seats, will send more MPs to Westminster in a month’s time than Scotland with its 59. And party politics is changing pretty fast in London too, with consequences that could be almost as significant for Britain as those in Scotland.

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