If you watched this morning’s Metropolitan Police Authority meeting you’ll have seen the silent figure of acting Deputy Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe sitting alongside acting Commissioner Tim Godwin. According to several MPA members what you also saw was future Met Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe sitting alongside his Deputy Commissioner Tim Godwin. If he really is a contender […]
Martin Hoscik
Tuffrey or Paddick? The choice facing London’s Liberal Democrats
Much later than many hoped, London’s Liberal Democrats have finally turned their minds to the task of picking a candidate to take on Ken, Boris and Jenny in next year’s Mayoral contest.
Time for Boris to stop playing ‘top cop’
When Boris Johnson asked Londoners to elect him Mayor he promised to Chair the Metropolitan Police Authority and, in a swipe at then Mayor Ken Livingstone, not to “shrug my shoulders and pass the buck” . True to his word, for the first 18 months of his Mayoralty Boris used powers which came into effect […]
What does Hackgate mean for Boris?
Last night’s resignation of Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson brings the fall-out from phone hacking scandal slightly closer to City Hall. Sir Paul was the preferred candidate of Team Johnson and his resignation further stokes the impression of a force in disarray as it struggles to improve on its initial, inadequate investigation. Boris Johnson’s opponents […]
Boris, now cutting crime and increasing patrols…in Hampshire?
More picture intrigue from Boris Johnson’s re-election campaign which is hoping to wow voters by boasting of the Mayor’s success in cutting crime “by increasing police numbers and patrols”. Seemingly however the message is aimed at voters in Hampshire – at least that’s where the officers in the accompanying image are thought to be patrolling.
