Given that Martin Bright has made a very high profile attack on Ken Livingstone this week for, among other things, his links with Hugo Chavez, I have to say I find it very amusing that the magazine of which he is Political Editor, the New Statesman, is currently offering this to all new subscribers: Pay… Continue reading New Statesman: not very Bright
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On Boy Cameron fingering Dyke
No-one appears to have used that headline yet, which I’m frankly amazed by, so I thought I’d better get in quick. Overall, this latest incident does rather confirm some of the points I was making last week about the nature of the London Mayor and the GLA. These institutions lack any kind of civic culture,… Continue reading On Boy Cameron fingering Dyke
Why London gives parties nightmayors
The difficulties that both the Lib Dems and Tories are experiencing in finding suitable candidates for London Mayor is clearly unfortunate, but not entirely unpredictable. Labour of course had its own problem back in 2000, eventually opting for the laughable Frank Dobson (ruining his career in the process) who was trounced by the then-independent Ken… Continue reading Why London gives parties nightmayors