As previously lamented, Ken and Boris are doing their best to make this the nastiest and most personal Mayoral contest to date. So to inject a little fun into this first official day of the election, I though I’d dust off this image first drawn for the 2008 contest: You can following our ongoing election […]
Martin Hoscik
London Underground’s contract with Virgin Media – questions and answers (UPDATED)
Earlier this week City Hall announced London Underground and Boris have agreed to let Virgin Media sell their WiFi broadband in return for providing a travel information portal for passengers. Except that’s not quite the way they put it, opting instead to make this sound more like a public service than a chance to pay […]
Mayoral hopefuls woo London’s business community
What divides London’s Mayoral hopefuls? Not a lot going by last night’s business hustings where Boris Johnson, Ken Livingstone, Jenny Jones and Brian Paddick used the platform to set out their business-friendly credentials. All were robust in their support of immigration, insisting it was essential to feed business with the new staff needed for expansion. […]
Sorry your Tube is late, why not buy some WiFi?
As ever with Boris’s announcements, yesterday’s news of “free” WiFi for Tube passengers isn’t all it appeared to be. City Hall’s press release claimed: “A contract has been awarded to Virgin Media to provide public access Wi-Fi at up to 120 Tube station platforms at zero cost to the fare or taxpayer.” But that not really true. […]
Leveson claims prove need for public MOPC meetings
Until the Deputy Commissioner left to deal with an incident, the most exciting thing about last week’s London Assembly’s Police and Crime Committee meeting was the questions surrounding allegations made against Kit Malthouse at the Leveson inquiry. If you’re new to the row, Malthouse is accused of interfering with the Met’s resourcing of phone hacking […]
