Back in March I commented on the bad feeling caused by selfish politicians who hijacked People’s Question Time for their own agendas. The majority of ordinary Londoners present on the night were locked out as politicos from at least two parties dominated questions to the Mayor in what many saw as a contradiction of the […]
Martin Hoscik
UKIP on the London Assembly? What Farage and the Politics Show didn’t say…
Yesterday’s BBC Politics Show interviewed UKIP leader Nigel Farage as part of an item asking whether the party could become a “serious force in domestic politics”. The programme is heavy on sarcasm and scepticism about UKIP’s ability to win seats on UK bodies. You can watch the segment from about 28 minutes into the programme. […]
Will Boris have to buy Visit London back from the administrators?
Boris Johnson looked very uncomfortable at yesterday’s Mayor’s Questions Time as both Labour and Tory Assembly Members challenged him to fulfil his “moral duty” to the former staff of Visit London and rescue their pensions.
The week ahead at City Hall
The London Assembly is holding a number of public meetings this week and will also publish a new report on incentives to encourage more people to recycle.
Does the BBC care that it STILL gets the London Assembly’s name wrong?
Back in March BBC One London aired Promises, Promises: the Olympic Legacy, a documentary which examined whether the much-promised Olympic legacies would really be delivered. This is am issue of real concern to Londoners who have stumped up the cash for the Games but are unsure exactly how – or if – they’ll benefit so […]
