Even beyond the usual displays of bad manners, yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time was especially cringeworthy and having longed wished for the event to draw capacity crowds I found myself wishing yesterday hadn’t been the day it did so.
Martin Hoscik
Thoughts on Labour’s Mayoral selection
Ken Livingstone’s selection as Labour’s 2012 Mayoral candidate was hardly a surprise – London’s press pack could hardly muster up even the pretence of a pretence that the outcome would be anything other than a comfortable win for the former Mayor.
Mayor’s Question Time: Boris blames it all on Danny Alexander
The end of City Hall’s summer break was formalised today with the first Mayor’s Question Time session since July when would-be Mayoral candidate Oona King made what records suggest was her first visit to the event.
Can Boris distance himself from ‘Tory cuts’?
So after months of speculation we finally know Boris Johnson will defend his “good record” and seek re-election as Mayor of London in 2012. Boris’s new campaign website lists some of the achievements he believes make up that record and I’m sure we all can’t wait to cast a critical eye over them in the […]
Could Boris become the George Lazenby of London Mayors?
As Labour party members consider whether to adopt Oona King or Ken Livingstone as their 2012 candidate, it’s worth asking whether Boris, like Lazenby, could find himself playing Mayor for only a single outing before his own predecessor succeeds him in the role?
