From the comments on my previous post it sounds like tonight’s BBC London footage [relevant clip starts 43 seconds in] hadn’t aired before and therefore came as just as much of a shock to everyone else as it did to me and Mrs. Stop Boris (who picked her jaw up off the floor in time [...]
Yes, Boris really didn’t propose, authorise or know about the axing of ‘anti-racism’
June 19th, 2008 7 Comments
Tags: anti-racism · grasp of detail · incompetence · rise · team · transparency
"Man of detail?" asks BBC London, two months too late
June 19th, 2008 11 Comments
In the wake of what it wouldn’t surprise me to find the mainstream media calling Memorandumgate, BBC London tonight finally noticed that Boris might not actually be in control of his brief, shall we say.
They just ran a rather revealing report, which contained astonishing footage I hadn’t previously seen (although I was in Scotland when [...]
Tags: anti-racism · grasp of detail · incompetence · rise · transparency
Boris Is Puzzled By A Memorandum Of Understanding
June 19th, 2008 7 Comments
On the Today programme, Boris was asked questions about a memorandum of understanding, which pledges that Londoners, in the case of Olympic overspending, will not suffer from an “increase in the Council Tax precept or an increase in Fares”.
Boris “ha[dn't] seen” the document, but was sure that it was “not central to the issue“. Later, [...]
Tags: lies · olympics · Press · transparency