Category archive for ‘Martin Hoscik’ 
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Boris and that incomplete u-turn
What to make of yesterday’s story that Boris Johnson is re-organising his team of appointed advisors to ensure the wider public know they’re not actually running anything?
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Amid the anger, sanity finally breaks out over those ‘deputy mayors’
Skulking about in the corridors after today’s BMAC meeting, it was clear that Boris Johnson’s City Hall is a very angry place in the wake of Ian Clement’s misuse of his corpo[...]
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The Mayor’s Unhappy Question Time
Today’s session of Mayor’s Questions was tough for Boris with the Evening Standard and Guardian following up on the story of key aide Ian Clement using his City Hall credit car[...]
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The police need to work with off-licences to tackle our booze culture
Alcohol misuse and the sale of drink to under 18’s are things I care passionately about, not least because I some years back I used to run an off-licence and know from first-hand[...]
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Delivering a world class Tube
Tube workers I know tell me whenever there’s a prospect of strike action the attitude of some passengers becomes quite hostile, presumably at the thought of the resulting delays [...]
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Why we should re-phase London Assembly Elections
After three sets of Greater London Authority elections it seems clear that the mainstream media are never going to give Assembly candidates any meaningful level of coverage for as [...]
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Boris, the boroughs and the ‘city charter’
As someone who has spent much of the 9 years since London Government was restored calling for greater power I’ll welcome anyone prepared to sign up the cause but today’s ‘cit[...]
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I won’t be writing about Boris one year on
London politicians and commentators are being mined for comments on Boris Johnson’s first year in office, but it’s far too early to proclaim on his success or failure and I won[...]
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GLA powers, contraction and looking to the future
MayorWatch editor Martin Hoscik on the spat over police accountability in London, the stalled debate on London's devolutionary settlement and the dangers of GLA abolition from a 'd[...]
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Boris has no need to answer MP’s questions
It seems some people are getting very excited about Boris Johnson's appearance in front of the Commons Transport Committee, but while the media focus on yet another storm in a tea [...]
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Does Boris really not know London celebrates St George’s Day?
I was bemused by Boris's claims in a press release confirming plans for the 2009 St George’s Day celebrations that the festival "has been ignored in London for far too long” gi[...]
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A gang HQ, coming to a high street near you?
We rail against chains of imported coffee shops and identikit high streets but no-one seems to care that councils are handing out late licences to takeaways which become rallying p[...]
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Looking for good news
I've spent much of the past week ringing round PR agencies, almost begging them for any slivers of positive news and I'm pleased to say some happy stories are starting to trickle i[...]
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Why is Boris giving away power?
You won't find it mentioned on the GLA or TfL's websites, but Boris Johnson is apparently prepared to give up one of the few powers he has, namely the ability through TfL to determ[...]