"Fat" wax shocks London mayor

BEIJING, May 8 -- London mayor Boris Johnson vowed to exercise more to make
him look slimmer after expressing shock at the girth of the new waxwork
sculpture made in his likeness on May 5.

"It's only when you see yourself in 3Ds (three dimensions) you realize just
how fat you are. I have got to get out and start jogging more," he said,
standing next to his wax sculpture at Madame Tussauds in London.

"I have to lose some weight. But it is a brilliant job they have done. It
is amazing," he added.

Johnson, a colorful former journalist who ousted "Red Ken" Livingstone from
London's City Hall a year ago, also got in a dig at the plight of Prime Minister
Gordon Brown's Labor administration.

Brown is struggling as polls suggest the opposition Conservative party will
win in the general elections next June.

He said he hopes the museum will redo the waxwork after he sheds some
pounds.

"I look forward to the figure being remodeled in a few months in keeping
with the more lean and lithe physique I hope will soon emerge," he said.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com/Agencies)