BORIS JOHNSON, accompanied by the Conservative candidate who hopes to replace him after the forthcoming by election on June 26, visited the village of Sydenham near Thame today.

Boris was accompanied by John Howell, the Conservative candidate, as they were shown around The Crown pub in Sydenham, which has been bought by five enterprising couples who wanted to ensure its future as a community pub.
The couples, Siobhan and Lloyd McKee, Jenny and Chris Morgan, Anne and John Ashfield, Des and Jayne O'Flanagan, and Martin and Krzysia Gossage, feared that the building would be sold off and converted into a house as has happened to so many village pubs, including the Royal Oak at Moreton.

After commending John Howell as his successor and describing the Liberal Democrat's latest glossy leaflet as "complete twaddle, shameful and deceitful," Boris, who is celebrating his 44th birthday today, said that he and his wife Mariner, had not yet decided whether or not to keep on their house near Thame.

Later this afternoon it emerged that Boris Johnson has demanded, in a letter to the Lib Dem Chief Executive and election co-ordinator, Lord Rennard, that the Lib Dems withdraw their latest leaflet. The leaflet includes images and a quote from Boris above a column seemingly endorsing the Lib Dem candidate.

To questions from both local and national news reporters, John Howell rejected a suggestion that this by election would be "a walk in the park" for the Conservative party.
From: ThameNews.Net