  The worst system apart from all the others As the race for London's Mayor hots up (well, maybe not), the candidates have been asked their opinions by the Evening Standard on subjects as varied as the price of a pint of milk and their literary tastes.
A few weeks ago, the soi disant left-libertarian author Will Self used his column in the paper to state his voting intentions as being for the oleaginous Liberal Simon Hughes and claimed that Conservative Steve Norris "looks as if he belongs in a car showroom" . However, in today's edition, Mr Norris claims that: "The last book I bought was JM Coetzee's Disgrace .
I think he's terrific. I'm also a fan of Zadie Smith and Will Self. " We all know these things are written by campaign aides but don't they keep up on these kind of things? Or are we supposed to believe that Mr Norris' affection for Will Self's work is so deep as to be magnanimous? (for those non-London-based readers of Joe Bloggs unable to vote on Thursday, you can always urlLink buy a vote on eBay off this guy ...) 
