Image by hedgiecc “A lynch mob”, was how Nick Griffin described his treatment by the audience on Question Time last night. After his attempt to defend the “non-violent” Ku Klux Klan during the broadcast, his cliche was particularly appropriate. Waking up to a chorus of …
Boris defends himself Some people are never happy. At the Tory conference this morning, the chair of pro-smoking lobby group Forest took Boris to task for one of his keynote policies. “I’m a big fan of Boris Johnson, who’s always said he’s a libertarian,” Simon …
Nick Clegg made a bold statement in his conference speech today, declaring his ambition to be Prime Minister and not just a handmaiden to power. Never mind that his speech coincided with President Obama’s UN address — which the news channels chose to screen instead, …
The battle for the soul of the capital’s police force was signalled early on in Boris Johnson’s tenure, when he installed himself as the chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority and later defenestrated Sir Ian Blair. But Johnson’s control of the force has gone far …
A few weeks ago we noted, with some surprise, the Mayor’s growing reputation as the man who does nothing. In a spirit of impartiality, then, it’s only fair to report that – just when most politicians are worrying about sun, sea and self-promotion – Boris …
Don’t count on your mail being delivered over the weekend. Workers are staging further industrial action between today and Tuesday. Londoners will see the worst effects today, with strikes spreading round the country over the following days. In all, an estimated 25,000 workers will potentially …
We expected chaos. We expected riots.The one thing we didn’t expect, in fact, was that it wouldn’t actually change a single thing. But, 15 months, into his reign, that seems to be the critics’ dominant narrative: Boris Johnson is the mayor who does nothing. Image …
David Cameron’s relationship with Boris Johnson “is at breaking point”, according to the New Statesman. An article in the lefty mag breathlessly reports that the old Etonians have fallen out over three key policy pledges: Crossrail, the Thames estuary airport, and an expansion of Mayoral …
Image / Route79 … that’ll be ‘row’ as in ruckus or bust-up, rather than a hark back to the area’s original name. A front-line Tory MP has caused consternation among the Bullingdon set by suggesting the Conservatives would revisit their oppostion to a third runway …
The London Literature Festival 2009 kicked off at the Southbank Centre last night with the author and political activist Arundhati Roy in a discussion on the idea of democracy. The last time she was here was to pick up the Booker Prize in 1997 for …
Could the policeman who pushed Ian Tomlinson have been an impostor – a member of the public in disguise? This novel possibility was raised by a senior police investigator looking into the death of Tomlinson, who died at the G20 protests shortly after an alleged …
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