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Boris’s ‘wobbly Thursday’ over smoking and race 

Boris Johnson's mayoral election campaign faltered today. "Whether it turns out to be just a 'Wobbly Thursday' for Boris, or a watershed moment will depend on how much his enemies are able to make of it," a campaign observer told The First Post. . . .

"My children are a quarter Indian - so put that in your pipe and smoke it."

The debate came on the same day that Johnson had to 'clarify' his position on the London smoking ban. On Wednesday, in an online Q&A organised by the Sun newspaper, he suggested that individual London boroughs should be able to overturn the smoking ban. "What is the point of having local democracy if we don't leave decisions like this to a local level?" . . .

Today, Boris issued his 'clarification', saying that he had been expressing his personal view about smoking and democracy. "Personally, I do not like smoking and believe that pubs and clubs are better places since the ban came in."

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