Having hinted earlier in the year that he’d favour a Barack Obama presidency, Boris Johnson has fleshed his out his “endorsement”. Writing in his Telegraph column, Boris opined that the Bush presidency had “damaged the reputation” of America’s twin columns of capitalism and democracy, and …
Sir Ian Blair may be on his way out, but one of the issues that defined his tenure as the Met’s top cop rumbles on. An inquiry into institutional racism within the Metropolitan police has been ordered by the Mayor, following an campaign by the …
The last Metropolitan police commissioner to resign, James Munro, did so in 1890 after failing to apprehend Jack the Ripper. Sir Ian Blair’s departure may not be the result of so egregious an oversight, yet the reasons behind it have inspired much debate on Fleet …
Well, causes minor political infighting and gets hyperbolically labelled “librarygate”. Whilst other boroughs are sexing up their libraries, Lambeth stands accused of inventing temporary book lending services in order to tick Audit Commission boxes on accessibility. Such creative machinations apparently intended to secure Lambeth Council’s …
As the top Tory in the country, it was no surprise that Boris’ triumphant Tory conference speech would be received rapturously. Beginning with an amusing barb at previous nemesis Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Mayor rounded off his speech with crowd-pleasing promises on council tax and city …
If only Londonist had a political crystal ball. We’ve done a quick-and-dirty analysis of this weekend’s disquiet on the Labour benches with Gordon Brown/the direction of the Labour party/the lack of an open debate about leadership/whatever-you-want-to-call-the-current-media-bun-fight, and it seems to us that the revolt is …
As if he didn’t have enough on his plate with the economy and a pummelling in the polls, a major oil summit planned for December is proving a headache for Prime Minister Gordon Brown as he wrangles over just whom to invite. The guest list …
Lembit Opik, professional HAB* to one Cheeky buttock and occasional MP for Montgomeryshire, has staged a protest highlighting the roadworthiness of the seldom seen Segway. Mr Opik and his partners in crime, Tory peers Lord Atlee and the Earl of Liverpool, are riding a Segway …
How envious our former Mayor must be when it comes to Venezuelan politics and the power that his erstwhile chum and budding autocrat Hugo Chavez wields. Pesky media criticising your government and daring to oppose you? Close them down. Irritating elections every four years? Heck, …
Jem Finer’s thousand-year musical composition Longplayer is now well into its first decade, and we still like to throw it out there as our favourite song just to trump everyone. What other single piece of music can we really, truly call the soundtrack of our …
During the Mayoral election, one of the slurs regularly trotted out against Boris Johnson was his lack of tact when it came to race relations. In particular, his description of black people as “picaninnies” was offered by opponents as evidence of his unsuitability to rule …
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