"Rules-Based Anarchy"

Even the libertarian-leaning Mayor of London understands the importance of strong government:



Slate captions:

Johnson tells Slate's Jacob Weisberg that as mayor of London he faces many of the same challenges that Bloomberg does in New York. And he says understands the impulse behind Bloomberg’s recently proposed supersize-soda ban to combat obesity. While Johnson has no plans to follow suit, Bloomberg’s soda ban reminds him of his own decision to ban alcohol on the London subway, which he offers as a case where strong government authority brings great results.

It's curiously difficult to dislike Boris.