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Title: Boris Johnson gives Tories a boost with London mayoral win

Subject: Johnson beats rival Ken Livingstone to secure second four-year term as London's mayor

Web address: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/05/boris-johnson-london-win

Date: Saturday 5 May 2012 02.02 BST

Summary

Boris Johnson gave the Conservatives a much needed boost as he secured a second London mayoral term for which he beat Labour rival with a 51.53% approval rate over Ken Livingstone’s 48.47%. The wait for the results turned into a nail-biting prolonged count down because there were glitches in the counting process. Johnson promised to be “fighting for a good deal for Londoners”. Livingstone labels this loss as the most bitter defeat in a political career spanning more than four decades. Johnson hopes to go for a non-taxpayer funded drink with Livingstone and describes him as the most original and creative Labour opponent.

Opinion

The problem with Johnson for me is that even if I don’t agree with all of his political standpoints I still think he’s a great bloke. He always comes across as a flabbergasted doofus which holds a high entertainment value. This is also my concern for his re-election. How many Londoners voted for him because they think he’s a funny guy and how many voted for him for political reasons? A mayor holds a very important position in the governing of a city not only on the inside but also towards the outside world. And he may have the goofy charm that is needed to make politics interesting again but does he have the right political views for the city?

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Title: Drink-driving midwife had gin and tonic in her car
Subject: Janice Hawke found with bottle of gin, tonic water and slices of lemon in her car has been banned from driving for three years
Web address: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/01/drink-driving-midwife-gin-tonic
Date: Tuesday 1 May 2012 15.59 BST

Summary
A midwife who was caught drink-driving with a bottle of gin, tonic water and slices of lemon in her car has been banned from the road for three years. Janice Hawke, 57, was approached by a member of the public after she pulled up outside a shop. The court heard how Hawke was extremely distressed on the day of the offence after the death of her uncle. Hawke has one previous conviction for drink-driving in 2005. She is employed as a midwife in the community and she stands to lose her employment. Hawke pleaded guilty at Plymouth magistrates court in Devon to failing to provide a specimen. She was banned from driving, given 12 months' community service, and ordered to pay £85 in costs.

Opinion
It’s funny how this made it onto the online front page of one of the more respectable newspapers of the United Kingdom. It is just another drunk driver, but hold the effing presses people! She is a midwife, national outrage! What has become of the human race, how could we get this far as a species?! Please, calm down and carry on my wayward son. It is horrible that people drink and drive, but I have to say, carrying around a glass with lemon slices and all the other ingredients for a quite successful gin and tonic shows a kind of planning you wouldn’t immediately link to a drink ‘n’ drive.