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I'm pretty sure Londoners don't hate Ken. But after two terms, any politician tends to face the prospect of getting the boot simply because people reckon it's time for a change.
He also has the Evening Standard waging a very personal, constant battle against him over years. After a while, some of the mud they fling sticks. I think a lot of people reckon he's corrupt. Certainly some of his associates seem to be. But for me, I reckon the fact that a lot of powerful people have been trying to find evidence of corruption from him for about twenty-five years, and never succeeded, suggests he's clean. Which isn't to say he's not capable of being an oily fecker... too many people have told me that he's personally lied flagrantly to them for me to believe he's not prone to it. But then again, to get things done as a politician, it's not possible not to lie.
I don't think he's interested in money. i think he's probably got a fair few views I'd find abhorrent, but I also reckon he's passionate about London and has the political skills to do something about it, and what he's done (post-GLC) has tended to be pretty good.
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