March 5, 2008
Boris ahead
This blog suggested last Friday that Labour was increasingly worried about Boris Johnson’s campaign to be mayor of London.
And now the blonde motormouth is ahead: at least, according to the betting odds.
When I spoke to William Hill last night, Boris and Ken Livingstone were both at 5/6.
This morning that had shifted. Boris is now 8/11 and Ken is evens.
My colleague Alex Barker, an amateur bookie, found this chart (above) on Betfair, showing Boris’s odds shortening.
The latest shift in his favour could have something to do with the Evening Standard’s revelations last night about emails between Lee Jasper, Ken’s race advisor, and the female head of an organisation which received funding from the GLA.
Some of the best lines from the emails were cut out of the FT’s piece this morning, probably for reasons of space. This is my favourite: “I want to wisk (sic) you away to a deserted island beach, honey glase (sic) you, let you cook slowly before a torrid and passionate embrace.”
The recipient of the emails denies any impropriety.
