When I first read that story I thought maybe the girl was having an Alvie Singer Moment (when Woody Allen's character in Annie Hall is asked by a motorcycle cop for his driver's licence he produces it...

"....so many different communities and faiths and [people of] different nationalities living side by side in remarkable harmony." Yes that's great, Ken. Continue living in your Coke advert world w...

I doubt it. The Tories managed to win three elections in a row in the 80s with the stellar support of people like Cilla Black, Ken Barlow and Jim Davidson while Labour always had sexier people like ...

It's not necessarily ungreen of Boris to scrap the CO2 charge thing - it's debatable what impact the charge would have had on pollution levels in the city. Anwyay the very notion of the congestion ...

Poor Boris. A chap can't be expected to run the city and check everyone's CV at the same time, eh? The man needs better assistance. Boris if you want my number......I can confirm I have never borro...

I'm voting yes, it's a fab idea. But not sure the shortlisted locations are appropriate. Why not incorporate the rebuilt Skylon somewhere into the Olympic Park in Stratford? (even just for the durat...

Boris! You have been sent to walk amongst us by an unseen omniscient power in order to give our lives meaning and reverse ticket office closure plans!...

No. But anyone playing Candi Staton would of course be reprieved. They could even turn it up a little bit....

OK then, could we make them eat their mobiles instead? And of course I mean "kids" of all ages - there were some very old kids on the 476 last week inflicting their bad techno on the top deck......

Was going to suggest a televised gunfight / flickknife-throwing contest between Alan Carr and the Nolan Sisters but on reflection that actually sounds very cool. Boris and Plato are right (they're al...

I dunno. "Chop chop head of kuffar swine" sounds like the kinda thing critics at the LRB might cream their pants over. I can see the review now... "Samina Malik's visceral, excitingly confrontation...

As an independent observer at several of the mayoral debates I was rather touched to see how well Boris and Ken seemed to get on. The Communist former mayor has a cheeky sense of humour to match that...

Sarkosy is hot. Short, right-wing guys sorta do it for me....

Free swimming would be very cool! I doubt if Tessa Jowell's gonna be in charge of a whelk stall never mind the Olympics come 2012, but if they're really promising me a free swim I might even have to c...

That's more like it, Hazel! Jolly good. Sorry I promised myself I wouldn't keep trying to get the last word. (Oh dear, I seem to be doing it again). I think you'll find the good clean exuberant f...

I don't know which other dePfeffel you're referring to, I'm sure. And do try to toughen up, old chap - I'm only teasing. It would be rather fun to have a few more writers on here with slightly thick...

Blah blah. You are being a tad disingenuous, Mr Fell. The entire tone of your little post is positively dripping with the condescension the liberal media displayed towards Boris in the run-up to his...

Londonist's typically patronising inverted snobbery in evidence as usual. How dull. You don't have to be an Old Etonian to understand that competitive sport often acts as a safety valve in society,...

Well done Kensington and Chelsea! Is this the invisible hand of our new leader at work, I wonder? I am really worried about the environment and anything that encourages more cycling has to be a good t...

Fear not - I'm sure this is a tactical retreat from Boris in the face of perfidious planners. This case surely highlights the need for the mayor to be given dictatorial planning powers in order to pu...