One of the suspected candidates for the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London was former Prime Minister John Major until he turned down the offer from Cameron and led to Boris Johnson winning the nomination and later the election, Boris Johnson would go on to gain public awareness as someone different from the political mainstream and would later win the 2012 election against Ken Livingstone and some corners of the Conservative Party want him as leader now.
What I am asking is, what if John Major accepted the offer to run as the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London? Would he have been able to beat Ken Livingstone, how would he have run London and would he have been able to win 2012 against the Labour candidate be it Ken or someone else? Another question from this would be what happens to Boris without the nomination of Mayor, would he be in the Shadow Cabinet, Coalition Cabinet or would that be butterflyed away if the contest is harder or Major loses and Cameron is less complacent, what political position would he be in now?
What I am asking is, what if John Major accepted the offer to run as the Conservative candidate for Mayor of London? Would he have been able to beat Ken Livingstone, how would he have run London and would he have been able to win 2012 against the Labour candidate be it Ken or someone else? Another question from this would be what happens to Boris without the nomination of Mayor, would he be in the Shadow Cabinet, Coalition Cabinet or would that be butterflyed away if the contest is harder or Major loses and Cameron is less complacent, what political position would he be in now?