Boris Watch

The Sunday Star Times carry an interesting article on the methods of the PR guides to Boris’s electoral campaign, Crosby/Textor:
“In the 2008 London mayoralty race, Crosby was campaign manager while Textor managed the research. The Conservative candidate, Boris Johnson, was energetic, prone to eccentric outbursts and relatively inexperienced. Crosby/Textor decided that the 2005 Conservative campaign’s [...]

Jim, in the comments, directs us towards more enthusiastic speculation from Simon Milton. Boris’s senior planning adviser seems keen to scrap council housing for the homeless in favour of tenancy in privately rented homes.
‘When somebody is accepted as homeless we would all agree that they should have a decent roof over their heads,’ he [...]

A rumour (which I heard from Zohra of the F-Word blog – thanks – but have not yet found any official confirmation or denial) has been circulating that the previous Mayor’s long-established annual Capital Woman event will face the chop under Mayor Boris.
The web site describes the event thus:
Every year, capitalwoman brings London women of [...]