Boris Watch

I’ve been out this evening since not long after Blair resigned, but I’ve just come home to catch up on the coverage and noticed this quote from Boris’s brief statement, which I overlooked earlier:
He will be especially remembered for his successful introduction in London of the Safer Neighbourhood teams and for falling crime levels virtually [...]

After an afternoon of speculation, Sir Ian Blair has just read a statement of resignation from his job as Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
He has made it clear in no uncertain terms that he is resigning because of Boris.
Boris took over as chair of the Metropolitan Police Association yesterday, when the Mayor was first legally entitled to [...]

From The Times
“Sir Ian Blair is expected to announce his resignation as Metropolitan Police Commissioner this afternoon.
Sources told The Times that the pressures of recent months had forced Sir Ian, who became commissioner in February 2005, to consider his position.
He is understood to be standing down before Boris Johnson, the new Tory Mayor of London, [...]