Here's the mock election poll. I will add more options if requested.

i know.

i was tryin' to make it accessible.
on top of that, vanilla don't make an STV-polling module plugin.

first vote please. we can then do a run off.

Out of curiosity, of the people voting for Ken, is it because he's the Labour candidate or because he's Ken? He comes across as quite a horrible character to me but the policies seem to be mostly sound. His character alone puts me off voting for him, but that puts someone like Brian in the frame for all the wrong reasons.

Still, I'm one of the two that clicked "Will probably forget".

It's because he's Ken, and I think he has, on the whole, done a really good job of improving London. Think back to what London was like 10 years ago - and how much better the South Bank is, how much more stuff there is going on now than there was. I don't believe for one tiny second, having listened to him talk about London, that that oaf Boris actually cares at all about London - he's doing it because the Tories thought he could win it, not for the love of London. And that's wrong.

@andy - I doubt we are represenatative. As I understand it most of Boris' support will come from the suburbs whereas the closer you move into london the more support Ken gets.

I also agree with Colette's comments - Ken's really improved London, in my opinion.

Like many others, I don't care much for Ken as an individual, but if you're going to have a City Mayor post, where it's all about that one person, you're always likely to get a self-promoting character like Ken (or Chirac when Paris Mayor, or Giuliani). Personally I don't like it, but it sort of comes with the job.

But transport at least is definitely improved in my opinion. Just as a small example, Ken bullied the overground train companies into accepting Oystercards - an obviously sensible change but one they didn't want to accept. So I'll be voting to put him back in.

I have a feeling someone may have linked to this already on the site but can't find it now...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/14/charliebrooker.boris

People keep talking about how Ken has improved transport. It looks good on paper, but from my personal experience over the last 7 years, it hasn't got any better.

The other night I spent 40 minutes standing at a bus stop in Dalston at 3am waiting for a bus. 3 difference buses were supposed to come by during that time, but they never came. This sort of thing happens all the time. Up until 6 months ago, I used to work late nights. The night buses are still a mess. Before 2am, they are often too packed to stop and pick up passengers. After 2am, you could easily wait for an hour for a bus that's scheduled to come by every 15 minutes.

And when you do get on a night bus, you may find yourself wishing that you were still at the bus stop. The N29 is a freak show. Once I was almost kicked in the face by a crazy girl. Fortunately, my husband can keep a cool head. But she did kick some other poor guy in the face, breaking his nose, simply because he looked at her. Another night there were 3 hookers trying to drum up business between Camden and Finsbury Park. And then there was the guy trying to light his crack pipe, but he was so high that he couldn't get the lighter to work. The amusement value last about 5 minutes. The rest of the journey is just sad.

Whatever improvements Ken has made haven't trickled down to my commute. And having paid a grand for my travel card, I'm a little annoyed by all the praise.

Well I don't know, rainbow carnage... I have to say that I really have noticed a huge improvement in the number of buses. When I first moved back after university I used to regularly have to wait half an hour for the 19 or 4 on a Sunday - now it's never more than 10mns. Same with night buses - if you were very lucky there was one every half-hour, now it's more like every 15mns. You can't blame Ken for the nutters on the N29 - that's the danger of taking a bus that goes through Camden and Wood Green. I don't think Ken can be held responsible for crack whores either. After all, they have to take the bus too. As for the evil kids - blame the parents! Plus he's done another good thing by trying to sort out all the dodgy mini cabs that used to lurk around - now it's easy to tell a legit one from a chancer. I'm still reserving judgement on the tube mind you.

.... or later.

Handy questionnaire to help you make up your mind.

http://london.votematch.co.uk/

That votematch website confirms my choice of candidate as having the closest match to my ideas on policy.

Has it been widely publicised? I've certainly not seen it before and I like to think I've been keeping a keen eye on the whole palaver.