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Updated on 03 September 2007

By Channel 4 News

Boris Johnson today launched his campaign to become Mayor of London - with a string of promises including a pledge to bring back traditional London buses.

The Tory MP put crime, housing and transport at the top of his campaign agenda, saying it was time for residents to be given a better deal.

He promised a return of "iconic" Routemaster buses, as well as stating a commitment to Crossrail, making the congestion charge "fairer and more flexible," and 24-hour policing.

Echoing the anti-yob sentiments he expressed in a newspaper interview yesterday, Johnson said: "I promise you that, as mayor, I will be wholeheartedly on the side of the active citizen and against the thugs."

And returning to public transport he said: "It seems incredible to me we can design a mobile phone the size of a credit card and yet we cannot produce a system of air-conditioning small enough to fit into the Tube."

Johnson will try to topple current mayor Ken Livingstone at the polls on 1 May 2008.

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