Boris survives tube strike with reputation intact |

Thursday 11th June 2009 | 14:56

Boris survives tube strike with reputation intact

Boris' Johnson's reputation among his peers in politics is now at the highest it has been in the past year

Despite criticism from some quarters over his handling of the affair, Boris Johnson emerges from the controversy over the recent tube strike with his reputation intact.

The latest results from the PoliticsHome Mayoral Tracker – where the Phi100 panel of political experts and insiders rate the Mayor’s performance in the job each month – show that the percentage of the panel who believe Boris is doing a good job has actually risen slightly since early May.

Over three quarters of the Phi100 (seventy seven per cent) now think that Boris is doing a god job as Mayor.

However, just eight per cent feel he is doing a very good job, suggesting the Mayor is thought of as generally competent rather than a spectacular success.

This is Johnson’s highest rating in the past year. Since his appointment as Mayor in May 2008 he has consistently retained the strong approval of the Phi100.

Fillip

A right-leaning parliamentarian remarked that Boris ‘still has a tendency to mix up his humorous side with his leadership of London role, but all things considered he has been a fillip to London and to the Conservative Party.’

A non-aligned thought leader, who disagreed with the consensus view, reckoned that the Mayor had ‘not handled tube strike well’.

A right-leaning media panellist, however, believed that Johnson ‘needs to crush RMT, then he can be PM’.

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