A call for lower fares but more transport spending, a campaign headlined “The Great Tory Train Robbery” which opens with the complaint that “bus journeys have gone up” and the repetition of an attack that failed to win last year’s Mayor of London election. This is the incoherent mess with which Labour MP Sadiq Khan […]
How Boris might announce a third term bid
Over the past few months Boris has been making a lot of unsubtle noise about a possible third-term at City Hall. When he suggested on LBC radio that crowds of Londoners might yet take to the streets and demand he remain in his current role, he was rewarded with predictable acres of publicity. What’s interesting […]
Do Primaries change the race for Mayor?
Lots of excitement among Labour quarters after Labour Ed Miliband announcement that the next Labour candidate for Mayor of London will be selected via a Primary – a vote in which registered party members and non-members who register as supporters will be able to cast a vote. Primaries are the ‘in thing’ and they might […]
BBC Question Time to broadcast from London’s City Hall
BBC One’s political debate programme, Question Time is making its first ever visit to City Hall on Thursday 20th June. David Dimbleby will chair a panel which includes Mayor Boris Johnson, Dulwich and West Norwood MP Tessa Jowell, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey, journalist and author Melanie Phillips and comedian Russell Brand. The […]
Cowardice and arrogance could cost Labour City Hall in 2016
Over the past few months I’ve been trying to piece together the talk within Labour about the selection of a 2016 Mayoral candidate and what I’ve heard has been pretty depressing for someone who expects parties to take a £16bn a year regional government seriously. While 2016 might seem a long way off, I think […]
