Six People Who Will Not Welcome Boris MP
Updated: 3:51pm UK, Wednesday 06 August 2014
By Jason Farrell, Political Correspondent
As Boris Johnson finally announces he will try for a return to Parliament, here are six people who will not welcome his decision:
:: George Osborne – The other man in the race to succeed David Cameron will be glancing up from his economic figures with a sigh and the certain knowledge that whatever he achieves in number 11, his jokes don't rival the Mayor's and he doesn't have the same popular touch that so often helps in a leadership race.
The Chancellor recently suggested he had urged Boris to make a Commons comeback, and Boris immediately accused him of making it up, suggesting the Osborne camp was engaging in a "dirty tricks plot".
Mr Osborne has had four years pushing through austerity measures while watching Boris abseilling and opening Olympic ceremonies. He'll be bracing himself for the blond bombshell's arrival.
:: Nigel Farage – Just choked on his pint of bitter. Last year Boris claimed he was invited to speak at UKIP's party conference by Nigel Farage's wife. He said: "My message to the charming Mrs Farage is don't vote UKIP, don't even think about it."
Some of Farage's followers will appreciate the Johnson humour and the conservative values behind it, even if it is aimed at their camp. The UKIP leader, knowing how well light banter worked to win his voters, will worry Boris might outwit him.
:: Michael Gove - The Former Education Secretary is now Chief Whip and has to contemplate trying to control the man he once described as not being "a team player".
It's reported that the strong George Osborne supporter recently stunned guests at a private dinner saying: "The whole Boris routine will wear thin with the electorate very quickly if he became PM. And he can't make tough decisions."
Mr Gove thought education was tough to reform.
:: Nick Clegg – The Deputy Prime Minister will not welcome the prospect of a coalition Government with Boris in it should the cards fall that way come May 2015.
It is understandable. The mayor did call him the Prime Minister's "lapdog-cum-prophylactic protection device".
He also called him a "wobbling jelly of indecision and vacillation" - and an "idle bum".
Mr Clegg, meanwhile, refers to Boris as "Slacker Johnson".
They share little common ground.
:: David Cameron – The poor Prime Minister has been battered by the revolving door of politics as he tries to quietly point at fish on his family holiday.
Warsi out, Boris in. He will have wholeheartedly welcomed neither.
Cameron and Boris are widely considered the "best of enemies" and the mayor's return to Parliament is a double-edged sword.
No doubt the PM recognises the power of Brand Boris in an election campaign could help him win outright.
But how long before the Tories tire of him and the popular Mr Johnson becomes the more appealing option?
Friends close, enemies closer.
:: David Axelrod – Barack Obama's former adviser and strategist in the Labour election campaign machine might want a rethink.
"The Axe" was working on the basis the Tories would be "hard put to say they are in touch with the experience of everyday people" and had been pushed further right by UKIP.
Despite being anything but (Eton, Bullingdon), Boris manages to pull off "man of the people" in a way that more than matches Nigel Farage's "pint down the pub popularity".
Labour will be painfully aware of Boris's star appeal and the party's message will have to be loud if it is to be heard over the politics of personality.
Strange that another white, male Etonian in the Tory party has helped broaden its appeal.
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