They’re still counting the votes.  Boris is ahead as I type, but they’re not onto 2nd votes and I genuinely think Ken could still win it on 2nd votes.  Because you might vote Brian or Sian with Ken as a back-up "better than Boris" option.  You wouldn’t vote Brian or Sian and put Boris second, you just wouldn’t.  No-one is that stretched across the political spectrum.

There are also no right-wing equivalents of Brian or Sian for Boris to scoop up the second votes of.  Sure, crazy-assed BNP-types, but they’re not in the same likely-to-come-3rd-and-4th league.

I remain, ever, optimistic.