The Times has been out and about in Henley gauging local voters’ views on Boris Johnson’s two jobs* and reveal just how relaxed the timetable for a by-election is:
[Boris Johnson] will stand down, and there will be a by-election, but the local Conservative Party says that it will not have a new candidate in place until the end of June. Its provisional date for a final selection meeting, June 27, would have matters wrapped up nicely just before regatta week. The poll itself may yet be several months away. Asked whether it will be a problem that Mr Johnson will have little time for constituency concerns, John Walsh, the Conservative agent in Henley, seemed remarkably unconcerned: “He’ll have a bit less time yes, but primarily he’s giving up a lot of other activities for the moment. We have always had MPs who are busy doing other things. Michael Heseltine [Mr Johnson's predecessor in Henley] was busy being Deputy Prime Minister.”
Looks like the Boris Johnson Resignation Watch will continue for some time.
1 week, 1 day, 16 hours and 50 minutes so far…
* Their verdict could accurately be summarised as "not too bothered either way really".
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1 Mike Falchikov // May 13, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Benign neglect by the Tories in Henley - might well
work in our favour. Don’t get too vocal, just graft away quietly.
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