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Sir Ian Blair addresses the press at his final MPA meeting at City Hall

When Boris Johnson was elected Mayor of London in May 2008 I sent him a text offering my congratulations, and on his second day in office he asked to see me for a private word after a meeting. Full Article at Daily Mail - UK

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  2. MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED)  Evgeny Lebedev and London Mayor Boris Johnson attend the reception ahead of the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards, at the Royal Opera House on November 23, 2009 in London, England.
  3. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23:  Boris Johnson attends the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards at the Royal Opera House on November 23, 2009 in London, England.
  4. MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTO BY DAVE M. BENETT/GETTY IMAGES REQUIRED)  Boris Johnson attends the London Evening Standard Influentials Party, at Burberry on November 10, 2009 in London, England.
  5. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 08: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 48 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) London Mayor Boris Johnson attends the Remembrance Sunday Service at the Cenotaph on November 8, 2009 in London, England.
  6. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 03: London mayor Boris Johnson gives an interview at the Oxford Street lights switching on ceremony on on November 3, 2009 in London, England.
  7. LONDON - NOVEMBER 3:  Britain's Queen Elizabeth II speaks with London Mayor Boris Johnson during her visit to the London 2012 Olympic Park construction site in Stratford on November 3, 2009 in east London, England.
  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 02:  Traffic negotiates the new diagonal crossing at Oxford Circus after it's official opening by Mayor of London Boris Johnson on November 2, 2009 in London, England.
  9. LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 27:  Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, stands on a balcony overlooking the Crossrail construction site at Tottenham Court Road tube station on October 27, 2009 in London, England.

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