Con.....fidence

Watching Boris Johnson's first press conferences as London Mayor, I was struck by the value of his public school education.

It gives people like Johnson, and for that matter Tony Blair and David Cameron the most important thing of all - confidence.

All three appear in control because that is what they were brought up to be from the age of at least five - in control. And that means in control of people like you and me. That control also requires the support of people who did not go to Eton - the first words Johnson spoke after the results were announced were to thank the Metropolitan Police.

Many people watching would have wondered why this was necessary - they were not told that specialist police squads had earlier cleared the area around City Hall of Anarchists protesting about the pisspoor nature of the Mayoral candidates. There were three arrests.

This process - of toffs and lackeys - will continue until the end of time - unless we do something about it.