Lovable Boris Johnson with his astute intellect and bumbling persona is seen by many as a friendly and approachable character. A complete contrast to the more serious Ken Livingstone but is BoJo really the face and personality to represent London on the world stage, or does he turn London into a circus in the eyes of many.

The conservatives are still running their Boris damage limitation program by scrapping the weekly questions to the mayor that used to take place every Tuesday, this will now only happen monthly and not be unlimited questions. This is being put down to a change in style not for any other reason… like substance, maybe.

Is there any Londoners that will believe this with Boris already heavily wrapped in political cotton-wool in the form of his large panel of advisors whose job is to make sure he doesn’t slip up and ruin all the political ground the party have built in the London elections.

Maybe a good time to send Boris on another holiday Mr Cameron, you don’t want him escaping his office and saying something that has not been planned. But I must also say touché to the PR office at city hall who have managed to bury this story under the news of Boris standing down as an MP.