After creating a loud fuss over earlier plans for a launch, opposition AMs declined to attend the eventual opening, a decision which prompted obvious annoyance on the part of TfL officials.
Martin Hoscik
Brief and counter-brief ahead of the East London Line launch
In common with a number of other London writers and bloggers my inbox and phone have brought me claim and counter-claim over the impending launch of the East London Line.
Oops, David Cameron falls for Boris’s spin machine
We London bloggers know that Boris Johnson spins a good line and it’s often fun to see ‘real’ news outlets swallow the spin – such as the line on St George’s Day celebrations – unquestioned but it’s a bit less amusing when the leader of his own party falls for the hype.
MQTs: What Boris could learn from Kraft
It’s not the first time Boris has claimed a Livingstone policy for his own but given the political kicking he’s going to get he probably wishes he’d let the cuts to ticket offices come sooner.
A veneer of oversight
Today the London Assembly will hold a confirmation hearing into the appointment of Kit Malthouse as Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority. It’s a pointless fudge between preserving the Mayor’s executive powers and paying lip-service to increasing scrutiny of him or her.
