Well it's taken over the bits of Britain that know Boris Johnson, the newly-elected Tory mayor of London, already. This actually means those Tory hacks on papers like the Spectator who have toiled under, and with, Boris these long years and can see the toffs regaining control of the UK after 50 years of post-Macmillan exile. Boris was actually elected by the people in the outer suburbs of London, who are fed up with having their lives and their capital city (which they visit only rarely, apart from to work in) run by a bunch of multi-cultural lefties who ignore them and put up the prices of everything. And they have a point. But Boris represents quite a big danger for the Tory party. He's promised new, improved, Routemaster buses (the hop on, hop off jobs which will never happen again); a blitz on teenage crime (great, if he can pull it off) and more fun for everyone. But can he deliver? Already he's had a meeting with Met Police commissioner Sir Iain Blair, who he implied he would sack, and said it was 'positive.' Sorry Boris that won't do. If he's going to go, get rid of him (even though that's the Home Secretary's call, not Boris's ). Boris, as his admirers say, is running a sort of test market in London for David Cameron's Tories on the national stage. If he screws up, Cameron and co won't be best pleased. And. of course, there'll be predecessor Ken Livingstone sniping from the sidelines (for the Evening Standard)? Something of a work in progress I feel.