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Today the spotlight is firmly on Tony Blair. As he heads off into the political sunset, he may consider the high point of his premiership to be the securing of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for London – and the low point to be …

So, Sarko finally beat Sego. As France faces a brave new dawn under Nicolas Sarkozy, our own Premier is also looking to the future as an announcement is expected on Thursday of removal vans heading for No.10. Tony Blair is always fond of new things, …

With the ink on yesterday’s ballot papers barely dry, Ken is already looking to the next lot in May 2008. It’s been quietly announced that Ken Livingstone will stand again for Mayor next year as Labour’s candidate. Meanwhile the Conservatives scurry increasingly desperately to find …

In the end, the most striking feature from last night’s elections across the country (outside of London) was the lunacy of rubbish electoral systems discarding 100,000 votes due to confused voters. That would obviously never happen in London. Fortunately, no such problem in the much-anticipated …

After the football, London now takes on Liverpool and Glasgow in June for a City v City 10km race with a distinctly silly videolink set-up. Our runners will start at 9.30am in Greenwich. The winner crossing the finish line will appear on a big screen …

This week the whole world outside of London heads to the polling booths to settle crucial issues once and for all. In France they will set the future direction of Europe. Scotland may move to end the UK – rather rudely just after its 300th …

The US Embassy is up for sale. At somewhere between 130,000 and 280,000 square feet depending on which reports you read, the place would make a lovely Mayfair residence for a large family (space for about 750 people, at the last count). And all this …

This weekend the police raided FIRE, London’s biggest gay club – and closed it under the Misue of Drugs Act. The threat of kicking off a Stonewall Riot in the Vauxhall area seemed to have been averted by police tactics of, er, handing out small …