Boris enters the fray

摘要

New York was said to be the inspiration behind London's elected mayor, a job that Labour created in 1999 as part of its grand devolutionary programme. But although the posts may sound similar, their holders have little in common. Michael Bloomberg is a financial-data billionaire with a Harvard MBA, who runs the Big Apple like a business. "Red Ken" Livingstone, his opposite number in London, is friendly with Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's socialist president, and is planning a festival to mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution.