Having read your article about Londonism and its adherents, I realized that I must be one of them (“The Capital’s Creed,” February 5, 2011). In my mind, London is a city-state, indeed. And its mayors are on a par with kings. Ken Livingstone was to my liking because he knew London’s lofty place in the world. And Boris Johnson is to my liking for the same reason. London is much more than the capital of Britain. It is a world city that goes beyond trifling national politics. Which is why I am a bit disappointed to read that “some suspect Johnson of positioning himself to replace David Cameron, the prime minister, as Tory leader one day.” I remember that some suspected Livingstone of similar ambitions in his day, when Tony Blair was the prime minister. How could mayors of London ever harbor such petty ambitions, I wonder? In my mind, true adherents of Londonism could never stoop so low.