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		<title>MQTs: What Boris could learn from Kraft</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/mqts-what-boris-could-learn-from-kraft/20109929</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's not the first time Boris has claimed a Livingstone policy for his own but given the political kicking he's going to get he probably wishes he'd let the cuts to ticket offices come sooner.
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		<title>A veneer of oversight</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the London Assembly will hold a confirmation hearing into the appointment of Kit Malthouse as Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority. It's a pointless fudge between preserving the Mayor's executive powers and paying lip-service to increasing scrutiny of him or her. ]]></description>
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		<title>Does Boris really need one hour bus tickets explaining to him again?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Which genuinely needy group are one hour bus fares designed to help? Subsidised travel schemes for pensioners, low income households and disabled people are vital but fare payers should only subsidise those in genuine need.]]></description>
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		<title>Seasonal cheer was in short supply at Mayor’s Question Time</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/seasonal-cheer-was-in-short-supply-at-mayor%e2%80%99s-question-time/20099359</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/seasonal-cheer-was-in-short-supply-at-mayor%e2%80%99s-question-time/20099359#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When future historians sit down to compile a list of the London Assembly’s finest moments today’s Mayor’s Questions Time won’t be a contender for inclusion.]]></description>
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		<title>A very cautious welcome to &#8216;Commissioner Boris&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/a-very-cautious-welcome-to-commissioner-boris/20099243</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/a-very-cautious-welcome-to-commissioner-boris/20099243#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always disappoint many of you when I speak in favour of greater control of the police by the Greater London Authority (or for that matter greater powers for Boris over ANYTHING) so some readers might want to look away now.
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		<title>London by night, seen from the London Eye</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/london-by-night-seen-from-the-london-eye/20099230</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/london-by-night-seen-from-the-london-eye/20099230#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along with a few other London writers and bloggers I spent Wednesday night taking in the stunning views from the London Eye, one of the capital's finest modern attractions.]]></description>
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		<title>In defence of bonuses for London&#8217;s transport workers</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/in-defence-of-bonuses-for-londons-transport-workers/20099162</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/in-defence-of-bonuses-for-londons-transport-workers/20099162#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the 80's and 90's London's transport network was shamefully dirty and unreliable. Turning that around is probably Ken Livingstone's biggest legacy. Doing so meant a clean out of staff and the hiring and promotion of more capable brains. As tempting as it might be when revenues are falling, we tamper with that legacy at our peril.]]></description>
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		<title>More on Boris the independent voice for London</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/more-on-boris-the-independent/20099155</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/more-on-boris-the-independent/20099155#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boris the independent voice for London is a concept increasingly commented on.  Today Conservative Home editor Tim Montgomerie is the latest to draw attention to Boris's willingness to set his own course and speak out.]]></description>
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		<title>Boris Johnson: Recycling the same old spin</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/boris-johnson-recycling-the-same-old-spin/20099123</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/boris-johnson-recycling-the-same-old-spin/20099123#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've been here before, it's early November, a People's Question Time session is about to take place and Boris's PR operation are briefing on his progress in increasing accountability at City Hall.]]></description>
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		<title>The state of London&#8217;s accountability is Labour&#8217;s failure</title>
		<link>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/the-state-of-londons-accountability-is-labours-failure/20099045</link>
		<comments>http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/the-state-of-londons-accountability-is-labours-failure/20099045#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Hoscik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Sir Paul Stephenson recently made clear, the person who eventually decides how and where officers are deployed is the Commissioner. The actual decision might be taken by local officers but all operational decisions are ultimately taken in the Commissioner's name and under his authority.]]></description>
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