The Boris Paper

So Boris Johnson is London's new mayor - and boy the Evening Standard is not going to let us forget it!

Having fought Boris' corner ardently in the months preceeding the election- with Gilligan throwing everything he could into the anti-Ken arena - the London paper is certainly proud of its achievements.

Despite never having explicitly supported a candidate it was clear from an early stage in the campaigning that Boris was their man. And now that he has won, he is certainly their man.

A week after the election result was announced the paper is still devoting up to eight pages to the Boris campaign. His every move is meticulously tracked, and the continuous back-slapping over how the paper succeeded in announcing the winner first is almost cringeworthy. Yes London is interested in our new mayor - but we are not that interested.

Never before have I noticed a paper being so openly biased and willing to champion their cause at the cost of delivering important news. It would be a worrying trend if papers begin to feel that it is acceptable to become the campaign rag of one particular candidate in such an explicit way.

I remain intrigued to see how the papers deal with the general election when it finally comes around. Is this a trend that we will start to see more of?