elections

By secretlondon123 via the Londonist Flickrpool This morning we were feeling just a teensy bit sick to find that Britain is sending a pair of racists to Brussels (though not as sick, perhaps, as they are to realize they’ll be surrounded by dirty foreigners for …

European elections. Thur 4 June. Brussels isn’t like Westminster. For one thing, the expense accounts are bigger. For another, it’s actually possible for small parties to get elected. London already has MEPs from UKIP and the Greens. When, tomorrow, the city elects the eight people …

The course of true democracy never did run smooth, as proved at some hapless polling stations in yesterday’s election fever. We say fever… it was more like a mild sweat. Polling officials in Barnet were certainly sweating when their ballot papers didn’t turn up on …

The day has finally arrived. After months of campaigning, it’s finally your turn to have your say and elect a London Mayor for the next 4 years. And not only that, as was highlighted yesterday, there are some other things you need to make your …

The mayoral race has entered its final lap with the two leading contenders straining madly for the winning tape. The polls still fall into two groups: YouGov’s, which continue to show Boris Johnson in the lead, and all the others which show him and Ken …

The tense stalemate following last month’s election in Zimbabwe spilled over into the streets of London yesterday. Frustrated by the insistence of Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party to hold a recount, activists from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) – which claims their candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai, …

ULU hustings shot courtesy of lewishamdreamer’s Flickrstream The shape of the remainder of the mayoral race came into sharper focus last week thanks to one conspicuous absence, one opinion poll and three supposedly “secret” children. The absence was Boris Johnson’s from Time Out’s hustings at …

And they’re off! The runners and riders have bolted from their stables and the London mayoral race is now officially underway. Braced to face scabrous attack of their respective transport and environmental policies, and the bleatings of Madonna, betting on the field continues to swing …

Al Fayed and his Royal Ghouls conspiracy – Macca, Mills and the millions – enough already!! Science Museum specialists to strike over pay… Unsurprising since London’s streets may as well be paved with gold Junior suffrage in action as Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets elected …

Yesterday, Ken announced that London will have a city bike hire scheme, a la Vélib’ in Paris, with up to 6,000 bikes located across docking stations every 300m. Hooray! This major investment in cycling – £500 million over a decade – will transform the way …