Earlier this week Boris Johnson’s campaign launched a new website devoted to highlighting what critics, if they were being polite, might call Ken Livingstone’s less attractive qualities.
2012 London Election
News and coverage of the 2012 elections for Mayor of London and the London Assembly (The Greater London Authority).
Ministers urged to ensure alls votes get cast
The London Assembly has called on the coalition to change the law to ensure anyone still queuing outside a polling station when it closes is allowed to cast their vote. The call comes in a new report published by the Assembly and follows reports of voters being turned away at last year’s General Election.
New Mayoral poll offers mixed news for front-runners
A new poll of London voters suggests Ken Livingstone is slightly ahead of Boris Johnson among those Londoners certain to vote in next year’s Mayor of London elections, the first time the former Mayor has outpolled his successor since being named as Labour’s candidate last summer.
Labour starts 2012 Assembly selection
The Labour party has started its selection process to find constituency and list candidates for next year’s London Assembly elections. According to the LondonList website, candidates “will be selected in March and April this year for vacant constituency and List positions.” The party is the second largest on the 25-strong Assembly holding eight seats against […]
Why the Greens should choose Jenny Jones for Mayor
Next year two of the highest profile politicians in the UK will compete for the post of Mayor of London. Many people know a great deal about Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, each are loved and loathed in equal measure and both have the proven ability to argue convincingly that black is white and up […]