The City needs an ambassador.

Investment Adviser, April, 2008

Byline: Oliver Good

The London mayoral candidates are concentrating on transport and culture, but what about business?

It was easy to predict who would be elected mayor of Austin, Texas - his name was Will Wynn. The tea leaves are slightly less legible in London's current electoral race, however.

By the time you are reading this, one of the world's most dynamic financial centres may be presided over by mayor Johnson, mayor Paddick or four more years of Ken.

Many would question how such an important contest could appear so much like a series of Celebrity Big Brother. With frontrunners including a gay ex-copper, a fluffy-haired quiz show favourite and a Marxist-lite, it's no surprise the Monster Raving Loony Party did not field a...