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Support grows for mayors as Londoners hail “better city” from experience
. The latest ComRes poll on the London mayoral race appeared to show bad news for Ken (although questions have been raised about the veracity of the Evening Standard’s claims that “liftgate” was...
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Livingstone looks to shift focus back to policy as “disgraceful” attacks...
. Ken Livingstone today sought to re-focus the London Mayoral race back onto policy as the campaign entered the final three weeks, with opponents stepping up their attacks on the authenticity both...
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Forget Sugar, listen to Adonis – a man who knows a thing about transport
. Labour peer Lord Sugar, taking time out from winding up Piers Morgan, today Tweeted his opposition to Labour’s London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone, saying he “must NOT get in on 3rd May”. As...
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Will Boris disown ‘cyclists are to blame if they get killed’ donor?
. Boris Johnson is tonight refusing to distance himself from one of his millionaire donors who said cylists are to blame if they’re killed or injured. As Political Scrapbook revealed, Addison Lee...
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It’s all about turnout – if the many vote, together we can Sack Boris
. Gary Dunion is the chair of Common People, the non-partisan, progressive campaign organisation behind Sack Boris The election of the next Mayor of London is in just nine days, and Boris Johnson’s...
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Vote 2012: London
. A week today voters go to the polls in London to elect their Mayor and Assembly; Chris Terry, co-founder of Britain Votes, previews the elections No British election will receive quite as much...
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Boris accused of being “out of touch with housing reality” as Ken targets Lib...
. Labour today warned there will be further instances of London councils seeking to export families to the North as the national government’s welfare reforms begin to bite. In a letter to today’s...
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We need to make Mayoral politics more worthy of the name
. Ellie Cumbo is a criminal justice and gender equality policy wonk, City Hall enthusiast and editor of Anticipations, the magazine of the Young Fabians Among other things, Daily Telegraph blogger...
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Ken Livingstone: Why isn’t Boris using TfL’s £759m surplus to cut fares?
. Former London mayor Ken Livingstone continues to campaign on transport issues. Figures just released by Boris Johnson’s transport body show that he misled Londoners during the mayoral election...
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Ten years of the Congestion Charge: Fewer cars, less pollution and a positive...
Ten years ago this month the Congestion Charge was introduced in London by Mayor Ken Livingstone. It’s easy to forget today when it is such an established part of the capital’s scenery, but in 2003 the...
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London’s silent killer isn’t an issue for 2016 – it needs tackling now
TweetAir pollution in London is a silent killer – causing over 4,000 premature deaths every year For those of us with a keen interest in the debate over London’s air quality, the past few months have...
View ArticleHijacking the Iraq war to justify extremism
I am British of Iraqi descent, and like many British Iraqis I knew, I had adamantly opposed the Iraq War. Again with the majority, I did not oppose the Iraq War because of an admiration for Saddam –...
View ArticleLord Ken of Cricklewood? Say it ain’t so
Rumours were being widely circulated yesterday that Jeremy Corbyn is about to appoint Ken Livingstone as a Labour peer. Not only would this put the former mayor in a position to take a shadow cabinet...
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Building a greener and cleaner London
If you want to make an impact at City Hall then you need a desire to change things for the better and an open mind about who you will work with to do that. When I look at the long list of things the...
View ArticleComment: Corbyn is leading an effective opposition
The Tories expected to write a script for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour as a weak, irrelevant opposition. Yet, as they review the wreckage of their budget, they must surely know this is not going to plan....
View ArticleLabour’s anti-Semitism row: Reviewing the situation
‘These are the times that try men’s souls,’ begins the English radical Thomas Paine’s 18th century pamphlet The Crisis about the American Revolution. Paine had earlier described American independence...
View ArticleBrexiters’ Trumpish foreign policy is incoherent and dangerous
The case for Brexit as made by its official campaign spokesmen has had two main components, beyond saving money: free of the yoke of EU membership, Britain could form its own trading deals and reduce...
View ArticleAnti-Semitic incidents rise 11 per cent in first half of 2016
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the UK have risen to 557 in the first half of 2016, the second-highest for this period in over 30 years. A new report from the Community Security Trust, which...
View ArticleJust 13 per cent of British Jews are planning to vote for Labour
More than three-quarters of British Jews are planning to vote for the Conservatives in next month’s general election, according to new Survation polling for the Jewish Chronicle, while just 13 per...
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Ten years of the Congestion Charge: Fewer cars, less pollution and a positive...
Ten years ago this month the Congestion Charge was introduced in London by Mayor Ken Livingstone. It’s easy to forget today when it is such an established part of the capital’s scenery, but in 2003 the...
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