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Originally Posted by Damien
Don't run for London Mayor then. There were probably other Tories who could have stood rather than someone who doesn't seem to like campaigning for it and who supports positions that aren't popular in the city he tends to run. The City of London largely supports the European Union, the tech-start ups want to remain and there are considerable amounts of Europeans in the city too.
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Lots of City institutions are very concerned about French and German efforts to undermine the financial sector and impose transaction taxes etc. which will make London less competitive.
It's up to him to decide what he stands for isn't it and presumably for those who selected him to have thought about it. If it turns out he's simply calculated wrongly that it'll boost his popularity then that's his tough luck. On the other hand, if he's only now decided (on the basis of the deal Cameron has only just secured) to get out that's fair enough by me. I don't see why any prospective Mayor of London shouldn't be entitled to their own view on this.