More on that lurch to the left

The Tory Troll is enjoying it in his merciless way, but Boris's old chums at the Evening Standard are getting crosser all the time, irritably demanding the slash-and-burn approach to spending they helped get him elected for and the abandonment of his target of seeing 50,000 affordable new homes built by 2011 (though as commenter from Thailand points out, quite a lot of London homes are likely to become affordable soon given the way the property market's going). Then there's prospective London Tory MP Sean Bailey begging the mayor to get rid of the C-charge western extension, where some wobbling has been detected recently. The ultras are restive, Boris. Just be thankful for all your new communist friends.