It still works! Good Old Boris! Anti-Irish gibe and already he is two points ahead of Ken.
It's pretty obvious Boris doen't have an Irish Granny stashed away somewhere. And Irish eye are not smiling.
However, make no bones about it the London Mayor makes no bones about his mixed heritage.
Father Stan previously an MEP and serial employee of the World Bank and the EU Commission, brother Joe a financial journalist and currently a Tory MP, sister Rachel editor of 'The Lady' and another bro entrepreneur and employee of Price Waterhouse Cooper establishes that the Johnson family are out there in terms of public awareness.
In those far-off Bullington Club days Boris was almost achingly transparent about his family antecedents.
Of course smearing the Irish is not a good idea when George Osborne, a boyyo from Tipp, is proud of his roots in the middle of Ireland. Yes, George's family have come a long way - not as far as Boris' mind.
And with Cameron entitled to wear the kilt and being distantly related to Royalty Boris must have felt under severe pressure.
Sheer rank tribalism - but in no way racial.
Being forced to recite that hoary old ballad - 'Abdul Abul Amir' by Percy French, an Oirish Man to boot, in front of an audience of Bullington toffs must have been tough going. A sniggering George and a chortling must have made Boris even more nervous.
Perhaps Boris's Circassian plus complexion had its roots in the drive by the Sultan's talent scouts to bring diversity to the Most Powerful One;s harem.
When Dublin ceased to be a Viking slave centre, Barbary pirates not infrequently raided the southern shores of Eireann hoping to capture more exotic slaves. Most certainly many a pretty coleen ended up in a North African or Ottoman harem.
For the moment, we'll leave the gelded out of this tale.
No doubt Boris could pass for Irish - the whitest race in Europe.
Not some ersatz theory spun by a bespectacled Heinreich Himmler intent on re-writing history as folklore. Forget the Sooper Dooper Nazi race! This is in all the sociological works.
Boris's political frolics have got to stop. Boris is Mayor of London. About time he left promoting the City of London to the Lord Mayor.
Put in a word for Turkey. Staunch ally of Nato and firm friend of America and its allies, Turkey is a bulwark against anti-Israeli action and its troops stood their ground in Korea when those Chinese bugles sounded the retreat.
Most people in the UK can tell the difference between a Moslem and a terrorist.
Press for EU membership for Turkey. You got into the Bullington Club. Use a little bit of ingenuity!
Try to remember, Ireland provided the British with four prime ministers, more than a few generals, Wellington and Monty to name two, Oscar Wilde, G B Shaw, Sheridan and Goldsmith in the literary field and Edmund Burke as one of its great parliamentarians. And, most important of all, Father Ted/
And one piece of advice - 'Don't wear a Fez!'

Ataturk

I was not privately educated. I find Boris both amusing and admirable. Ken Livingstone can also be amusing and I'd rather have him in charge of the country than either of the Milibands or individually or severally, Mr and Mrs Balls. But, er, isn't he a bit OLD? I think the newts need him more.

Boris Johnson - Tory scum.

u got to give it to Boris. He let cyclists go in bus lanes.
GENIUS

Robert Taggart, Tory scum.

Bit of a twat at times is Boris but you would crawl over broken glass to have him over Ken Livingstone, and he was right about Liverpool too.

@Anything but ... the truth is, the Tories are scum.

@ Fah-Fah

How the devil are you 'old bean'? I agree with you about DCI Johnson!!!

Londoners feel save knowing that Boris is protecting the City! Top chap!

The hounds have a sniff of old Dicky on his hunting range! Tally-ho old boy!

Boris says, "I am the father of the Leveson inquiry - I claim paternity for the whole Leveson inquiry".

but six months ago phone hacking was

"a load of codswallop cooked up by the Labour Party" which was

"a politically motivated put up job".

This interview says everything you need to know about Boris. He's out for Boris and everyone else can go hang. He's an arrogant posh twat who's decided that, because he's tired off hearing people talking about bringing his rich mates into line and other such 'lefty crap', we should all stop talking about it. Not such a loveable clown when the mask slips. Jog on Boris.

There is a clue in the above as to why Boris will win the election for Mayor: that clue is "I am not big on hate." Hatred is the one unifying factor of the political left and knowing many socially I have to say that their hatred is shocking to observe. London is an international city and needs a big hitter to represent it not someone who is only welcome in Venezuela, Tehran and Havana.

Give it a rest Boris, your shock jock approach doesn't shock any longer, in fact it's really just boring "loony right wing crap".

Are there any WOMEN candidates in the London Mayoral Race 2012?