Have you ever wondered how the (hopefully) millions of votes for City Hall’s 26 political occupants are counted, checked and verified? Election organisers London Elects and their IT contractor IntElect have kindly talked me through the process and demonstrated the scanning technology involved at a mocked up counting facility. It was election geek heaven! Extra […]
Martin Hoscik
Labour launch Operation Save Ken
Earlier this week Andrew Gilligan wrote that he detected a shift in Ken Livingstone’s strategy to win City Hall, appealing for support from those looking to name their second best would-be Mayor. Comments made by Livingstone at last night’s Evening Standard hustings would seem to support Andrew’s hunch. During the debate Livingstone made a direct […]
Which Mayor of London candidate do you most agree with?
For the second election in a row, Unlock Democracy are running a Mayor of London Vote Match – the online tool which lets voters and prospective voters in London see which Mayoral candidate most agrees with them. You can take the test below – just answer whether you agree or disagree with each statement to […]
This election should be about London’s taxes and where they go
In recent days I’ve written about why London should keep more of its wealth and I welcomed signs that Boris Johnson agreed with me (and many others) that London needs a fairer funding settlement. In his economic manifesto, launched today, Boris has promised to set up an independent commission to bring forward proposals on the […]
Brian Paddick accuses of me of wanting the BNP re-elected to City Hall
Yesterday Brian Paddick’s campaign team released a video talking up the diversity of their London Assembly slate. As you can see below, it starts with Brian calling Ken and Boris “tired old men”and then pushes the message that the Liberal Democrats look like London. I thought the mild agism it contains worthy of comment, as […]
