More picture intrigue from Boris Johnson’s re-election campaign which is hoping to wow voters by boasting of the Mayor’s success in cutting crime “by increasing police numbers and patrols”. Seemingly however the message is aimed at voters in Hampshire – at least that’s where the officers in the accompanying image are thought to be patrolling.
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
‘Ambitious’ housing promise as Tuffrey launches Mayoral bid
Mike Tuffrey today officially launched his campaign to become the 2012 Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London by unveiling an “ambitious plan” to house more than 250,000 Londoners. On Sunday Tuffrey told the BBC’s Politics Show he would be seeking his party’s nomination, pitching him against former MP Lembit Opik who lost his Montgomeryshire […]
LibDems can deliver London the election it deserves
After weeks of speculation and whispers, MIke Tuffrey has confirmed he wants to be the Liberal Democrat candidate in next year’s Mayoral election. After months of a ‘contest’ consisting solely of the publicity hungry Lembit Opik, the LibDems finally have a credible challenger to offer Londoners. As anyone who read the comments beneath my recent […]
Tuffrey confirms LibDem Mayoral bid
London Assembly Member Mike Tuffrey has confirmed he is seeking to become the 2012 Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London.
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.