Category archive for ‘Damian Hockney’ 
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Nul points to the Euros
Less than four weeks to go to the important European vote! No not the Eurovision (that's next weekend, and yes it's far more important)...we're talking about the European Parliamen[...]
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Where have all the powers gone?
"More local powers". The cry goes up (yet again). A scattergun of ideal world "why oh why" pieces in national and London newspapers last week, made form (of a sort) by the Tories. [...]
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Hail Mayor Boris – saviour of the Congestion Charge
Former London Assembly Member Damian Hockney reckons that the announcement about the scrapping of the Western Extension in London helps the Yes campaign in Manchester (results due [...]
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Democracy, you’re nicked
When he was an MPA Member, Damian Hockney was alone for a year in calling openly for Sir Ian Blair to quit, at a time when the Conservatives were publicly backing the Commissioner.[...]
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Tim Parker! Ray Lewis! Janet Worth!
Damian Hockney believes that the departure last night of the City Hall Director of Corporate Services is worth the media exclamation mark even if it does not get one...he thinks it[...]
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Don’t Stop the Carnival
Damian Hockney has long opposed those who try to meddle with the Notting Hill Carnival, and hopes that the new Mayor will avoid the temptations that the former Mayor gave in to.
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One Mayor’s Waste is another Mayor’s Investment
Damian Hockney's boasts that as London Assembly Member his One London Party group voted against Ken Livingstone's measures more than any other group so why is he so supportive of t[...]
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‘So Decent of You Chaps To Care’
Former London Assembly Member Damian Hockney is concerned that the new Mayor's style and approach might trip him up. He believes his handling of genuine criticism and questioning i[...]
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Londoners Have Voted for Less Scrutiny of Mayor Boris
Voters have delivered Boris Johnson a London Assembly even tamer in the face of the Mayor than the one under Mayor Ken. Are they mad? Well no, and not bad either, says former AM Da[...]
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Assembly elections – Conservatives ‘cannot’ win a seat on the London-wide Assembly List
'Vote for anyone on that paper except the two big parties' says Damian Hockney
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Turned Off in Droves – ‘2 in 3 still won’t vote’
Commentators have expressed shock and disappointment at the low turnout of each of the two London Mayor elections so far staged. Assembly candidate for the One London Party Damian [...]
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Stop (talking about) the BNP
Leader of the One London Party at the London Assembly Damian Hockney wonders why politicians and the media give endless coverage to attacks the BNP by politicians who themselves ar[...]
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Running Against The Three Party Bias
Damian Hockney stood as a candidate in the first London Mayor elections, in 2000 and is Leader of the One London Party at the Assembly. He discusses why he's so concerned that the [...]