“If I do not cut the fares on or by October 7th I will resign the office of Mayor immediately and cause a by-election.” So promised Ken Livingstone earlier this week. Would he really? My hunch is we’ll never know. Despite Ken’s current lead in the polls most days I still expect Boris to win […]
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
Livingstone promises fares cut or resignation
Ken Livingstone has set a deadline for introducing his promises fares cut and says he would resign if he failed to deliver. Labour’s candidate in May’s Mayoral elections has promised to introduce a 7% cut in fares on Transport for London services. Rivals have questioned his ability to fund the cut which relies on money […]
UKIP announces London Assembly candidates
UKIP has announced candidates for this year’s London Assembly elections. They will stand for the proportional London-wide list which allocates eats based on the number of votes a party receives across London. The party won two seats on the Assembly at the 2004 election but lost them after its AMs formed One London which failed […]
The London Elections, 100 days to go…
On 3rd May the largest and most complex single election held in the UK will take place – the Mayor of London and the London Assembly elections. The London election takes place every four years and is organised by London Elects – an independent, non-political body. Today, to mark 100 days until the election, London […]
Go figure – voters need to use the Mayor electoral system imaginatively
Looking at the likely voting figures for LibDem candidate Brian Paddick, former Mayor candidate for UKIP Damian Hockney suggests that there is still no sign of voters using the voting system for the Mayor election imaginatively. “The whole point with this system is that it allows you to vote for your completely preferred choice and […]