Scrapbook has previously highlighted Boris Johnson trashing his election pledges on transparency — but it is instructive to examine hard statistics on the unaccountability of his administration. It has emerged that the mayor has failed to answer 85 official questions from Londoners and GLA members, with some as long as 18-months overdue. The Greater London Authority Act 1999 [...]
After PMQs saw David Cameron level a “baldemort” jibe at Liam Byrne yesterday, Paul Goodman over at ConservativeHome has reimagined some senior Tories, minus the hair. Surprisingly given the folklore of his blonde mop, Boris doesn’t look too bad as a shiny slaphead. Osborne and Cameron, however, don’t seem to fare so well. Given the [...]
Embattled Mayor of London Boris Johnson today unveiled a cut in City Hall’s share of council tax- but only amounting to enough to buy a single onion each month. The council tax cut, to each Londoner, is worth a measly £3.10 per year, or 26p per month. The Labour group in the London Assembly contrasted [...]
Having squandered an eight-point lead in just two months, it looks like Boris Johnson’s despairing campaign chief Lynton Crosby is resorting to outright lies about their opponents. An email sent out to supporters this morning claims that Ken Livingstone’s running mate would raise council tax: “Ken Livingstone’s hand picked Deputy Mayoral running mate in the [...]
Boris Johnson has today admitted that 1,700 police have been cut in London since March 2010. Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari, the under pressure Mayor finally acknowledged declining police numbers in what will prove an additional blow to his faltering re-election campaign. This news comes despite the guarantee of an increased police presence being a [...]
Leaving no stone unturned, Boris Johnson’s mayoral campaign have taken to the web to attack rival Ken Livingstone, paying money to Google to display advertising on particular searched keywords. In typical blithering Boris fashion, however, the clumsy oversight of a typo has resulted in the incumbent mistakenly purchasing web ad-space for “Ken Livingstome” and not [...]
After a poll for YouGov showed Ken Livingstone overtake Boris Johnson take the race for mayor last week, this trend has been confirmed by ComRes. A survey commissioned by London Tonight, LBC and the Evening Standard reveals Ken edging the incumbent out at 51% to 49%. Just 101 days out and it’s too close to [...]
Should we be worried for the health of Boris Johnson supporters? With yesterday’s shock poll coup placing Ken Livingstone ahead of the mayor in London voting intention, ConservativeHome have made the most ridiculous campaign attack of 2012: that a role on a Labour committee would make Livingstone a “part time” mayor. As Boris’ extended skiing [...]
