Earlier this week Boris Johnson’s campaign launched a new website devoted to highlighting what critics, if they were being polite, might call Ken Livingstone’s less attractive qualities.
Martin Hoscik
The Freedom Pass has no place in Mayoral electioneering
Following in the footsteps of Ken Livingstone and Oona King, Boris Johnson is hoping to capitalise on the success and popularity of the Freedom Pass with a promise that it’s safe under his Mayoralty. In comments to the London Assembly, and repeated on his 2012 campaign website, the Mayor says “The Freedom Pass is 100% […]
Why the Greens should choose Jenny Jones for Mayor
Next year two of the highest profile politicians in the UK will compete for the post of Mayor of London. Many people know a great deal about Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, each are loved and loathed in equal measure and both have the proven ability to argue convincingly that black is white and up […]
Devolving fines will strengthen London’s government
Government proposals to pass on fines incurred for breaking national and EU rules on matters such as air quality to local politicians are the logical next step in devolution and localism. Here in London we have a directly elected Mayor with an enormous budget and significant powers but, other than facing the electorate every four […]
Boris & Ken need to set out their vision for ‘austerity London’
Just before Christmas LBC radio secured itself a place in the history books as the instigator of the first skirmish between Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone in the tediously long campaign for 2012’s Mayoral elections. The consensus appears to be that the pair haven’t engaged in direct combat since the 2008 election yet, between anti-Ken […]
