What to make of yesterday’s story that Boris Johnson is re-organising his team of appointed advisors to ensure the wider public know they’re not actually running anything?
Amid the anger, sanity finally breaks out over those ‘deputy mayors’
Skulking about in the corridors after today’s BMAC meeting, it was clear that Boris Johnson’s City Hall is a very angry place in the wake of Ian Clement’s misuse of his corporate credit card.
The Mayor’s Unhappy Question Time
Today’s session of Mayor’s Questions was tough for Boris with the Evening Standard and Guardian following up on the story of key aide Ian Clement using his City Hall credit card for personal purchases.
The police need to work with off-licences to tackle our booze culture
Alcohol misuse and the sale of drink to under 18’s are things I care passionately about, not least because I some years back I used to run an off-licence and know from first-hand experience the pressures managers of such shops face.
Delivering a world class Tube
Tube workers I know tell me whenever there’s a prospect of strike action the attitude of some passengers becomes quite hostile, presumably at the thought of the resulting delays and inconveniences. One friend says most passengers seem hardly to notice Tube staff unless they want directions which tend to be asked for in the most abrupt manner possible.
