In case you missed it, David Lammy last week wrote in the Evening Standard about the need for Labour to hold open primaries to select their next Mayoral candidate. Personally I largely found Lammy’s article a lightweight, vacuous statement of the obvious.
Boris Johnson and that EastEnders endorsement
In the week Boris filmed his scene the character of Phil Mitchell was shown relying on a gun to settle a family dispute, yet here he is happily talking up the same show.
City Hall’s end of term gets Boris out of the firing line
Another unhappy Question Time for Boris Johnson, this one started off with a lot of heat and noise as LibDem Mike Tuffrey successfully tabled a motion to allow Assembly Members to enter ‘committee mode’ and quiz Johnson on Ian Clement’s expenses.
Boris may not be so good at spotting ‘crass’
During recent the row over Ian Clement’s misuse of his corporate credit card, Boris Johnson made a reference to knowing when something’s ‘crass’. I wonder then how much input he had in a press release containing his thoughts on tomorrow’s marking of the 7/7 bombings.
The crisis is far from over – debating alternatives
This week’s Progressive London conference is an opportunity to assess the scale of the global economic crisis and to discuss alternative economic policies to meet the challenges it poses.
