On Wednesday the Tory Assembly group scored a decent victory in winning a motion condemning Ken Livingstone’s comments about Boris Johnson’s new Chief of Staff Edward Lister. They then immediately ensured coverage of it was overshadowed by anger at, and reporting of, their sabotaging of a motion on cycle safety. The background to the walkout […]
Why does London need 11% of all UK MPs?
Like many of the changes proposed by the coalition, it seems the proposed cull of MPs in the Commons will be an underwhelming and missed opportunity to radically change how the UK is Governed. Calculations suggest the capital will lose just 5 MPs, retaining 68 of its current 73 seat allocation – more than 11% […]
Ignorance may sometimes be bliss, but not when it comes to the Congestion Charge.
In January, I signed up to the autopay scheme. It seemed like a great idea, and until today I thought it was. This morning, however, I received Penalty Charge Notice TF47548233 in the post. Since I’m not supposed to have to pay the charge manually, I was puzzled. I’ve now spoken to two people to […]
Rejected (twice) for president, sacked by voters and thrown out the jungle, so why would Londoners want Lembit?
Two weeks from now nominations will close in the ‘contest’ to become the Liberal Democrat 2012 Mayor of London candidate. Except there isn’t much of a contest. Former MP Lembit Opik is the highest profile name to put himself forward so far, a fact anyone who cares about London should find highly depressing.
Oh look, Ken’s been rude. Again.
In case you missed it, Ken Livingstone has got himself yet another bout of negative publicity by being rude about someone. This time the target was Boris Johnson’s new Chief of Staff who the Guardian’s Dave Hill reports Ken describing as “the Radko Mladic of local government.” Unsurprisingly people aren’t happy with the comparison of […]
