The Metropolitan Police Authority holds its final meeting on Thursday ahead of wide-ranging changes to scrutiny of the Police in London. Lord Toby Harris, an MPA member since 2000, looks back at the Authority’s success and future scrutiny arrangements.
Ken needs to calm down
On Tuesday Ken Livingstone’s election campaign launched a new poster campaign advising of a ‘pickpocket’ operating on public transport. The pickpocket was of course Livingstone’s chief opponent and incumbent Mayor, Boris Johnson. Given that fares are the only part of Livingstone’s campaign to come close to capturing the public’s imagination, it’s easy to see why […]
How much is London & Partners spending on sponsoring industry awards?
Yesterday London & Partners, our new-ish promotional agency, proudly tweeted that it had signed up as the headline sponsor of the M&IT Awards. A full list of sponsors can be seen here. On Twitter and via an email to their press office, I asked how much the sponsorship was costing and whether this sum came […]
CBS and London Underground make up, but won’t say why
Back in August MediaWeek reported on a row between London Underground and their advertising display contractor CBS Outdoor, who they’ve worked with since 2006. According to the report: “The contract was expected to end in 2015, but CBS Outdoor is threatening to extract itself only months before the Olympics are staged in the capital next […]
What’s City Hall for? Spoofs but not campaigning, says Boris
The Standard’s Diary brings the news that Boris Johnson quashed plans by Labour rival Ken Livingstone and chums to use London’s Living Room for a fares related campaign event. According to the paper, Johnson “decided that it would be inappropriate to allow the booking to go ahead in light of its timing in relation to […]
