The Olympics will do no harm to Boris Johnson

Note: This article is an exploration of ideas, and will continue to be added to and fully published at a later date.

 

That statement may seem fairly obvious. But if you consider the cynical viewpoint we all adopted in the run up to the games, with the controversies surrounding the security with G4s, and then the empty seats problem just days into the games after all those hours of trying to get just one, a day after the Greatest show on earth, we are all celebrating London and hailing the games as a success.

Johnson, who was re-elected as London Mayor earlier this year has shown that he is capable of handling the biggest event in the World without any major blips, for example an industrial strike (as was threatened) and ensured that everything was done, along with the Government it must be said, to ensure that London 2012 was one of the greatest games ever, but perhaps, without admitting it publicly, Boris will believe this can only strengthen his claim to be a future leader of the Conservative Party and possibly Prime Minister one day?

Mitt Romney, the Republican Presidential candidate in the US has used his time as the President and CEO of the organising committee for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002 as one of the core examples that he can be a strong leader and deliver positive results. Can Boris do the same?

It would be unfair to consider otherwise. The Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, despite being a success, would not represent anywhere near the challenge that running a huge scale operation like what we’ve just witnessed in the East End of London.

But lets not forget, London is the only economy, that despite the tough economic climate across the UK has continued to grow.

Whether that’s down to Boris’ leadership or whether it was mainly LOCOG that ensured the success, in a climate where politicians are attacked for the slightest of mistakes, but ignored the success, to deliver on such a grand scale, Mr Johnson should be proud of what has gone on under his watch with the Olympics, there are signs that London is avoiding the worst of the Euro-crisis and the gloom surrounding the economy.

The popular Mayor, who was asked by an ITV reporter whether he will be the next Prime Minister, flat-lined any rumours by re-iterating that he wanted to see out his 2nd term in City Hall, which concludes a year after the 2015 General Election and then proceeded by asking to a collective Mo-bot.

As always with politics, time will tell, but anyone who is willing to stand up against their Party Leader, on record, and then gets stuck on a zip wire trying to promote Team GB will only increase their own reputation and strengthen their own personal ambitions.