As a fan of strong, bold government and someone who believes the Mayor has a role in providing essential services I applaud Boris for pushing ahead in the wake of opposition in his own ranks and, apparently, within the London Development Agency.
Primary Level Thinking
Rumours that the state might pay millions of pounds for political parties’ candidate selection processes could be the final straw for the public, says Damian Hockney. “David Lammy’s recent call for ‘Primaries’ for the London Mayor elections was worthy of Marie Antoinette in one of her less thoughtful moments,” he says. “These exercises in central control will not fool anyone. And if the state were to pay for this process, then the tumbrils might finally roll.”
MQT: Tory AMs queue to criticise Boris’s policies
The last time Boris sat before the London Assembly he had pretty bad morning, any hopes he might of had of an easier ride at this morning’s first session of the new term will have crumbled as one Tory AM after another opposed his flagship policies.
Thames Water on the tap-v-bottled debate
The capital’s water supplier writes about promoting the quality of their product, the right to choose between bottled and tap when out for a meal or drink and replacing pipes to reduce leakage.
Share your West End congestion ideas
Why can’t we convert the myriad of bus routes which currently run down the road into a single Oxford Street shopping bus? Running only up and down the one street, this new route could use wholly or partially electric powered buses.
