Boris Watch

On his My Telegraph blog, Richard Barnbrook is singing the praises of Anthony Browne. This is, apparently, one of his bright ideas:
“Un-PC groups should be formed and promoted to oppose PC flag-wavers like left-wing charities. A taxpayers’ alliance could argue for lower taxes; a homeowners association could campaign on issues affecting homeowners, like council tax [...]

The Evening Standard is tentatively reporting on Boris’s plans for curbing adolescent crime. If it’s correct, then it indicates that the Mayor is attempting to satisfy both the hard and the progressive factions.
Boris will apparently spend £100 million on a variety of education initiatives. These range from school programmes, which we detailed previously, to ‘about [...]

For anyone mildly perplexed by vitriolic debate over the Tfl, LDA and sweet FA, we’ve added a new page, A Brief Guide To The Johnson Administration. It can be found in the sidebar under ‘About The Mayoralty’, and links to details of the team, organisations and a motley assortment of hair splitters.

If it isn’t quite the Sword of Damocles suspended over Ian Blair’s head, it’s certainly the kitchen knife of someone very close to him.
In an leaked email, Kit Malthouse, who, in January, authored a critical Times article headlined ‘Sorry, Noone Voted For You‘, wrote that ‘essentially it’s the mayor’s decision to suspend or not‘, while [...]

Boris is to give £710,000 of funds to three educational programmes motivated towards deterring youths from “the lure of gangs and criminal activity“. In a statement, the Mayor said:
‘These projects are perfect examples of the youth initiatives we desperately need across London to engage young people. They offer guidance, information and most importantly steer young [...]

Hello again – I think we’re holidaying in shifts here at Boris Watch and I’ve arrived back from northern Belgium (where I was able to understand the job title of the Burgemeester greeting me in a local pamphlet thanks to a certain video – it’s an education, this Boris-watching business) in time to receive an [...]

Boris has continued his calls for the citywide acceptance of the £7.45 London Living Wage. In a statement, he claimed that the adoption of the Wage would be a cogent business decision as one that helps to target poverty:
“This is not only morally right but also makes good business sense, contributing to better recruitment and [...]

Still picking over the Met Police Crime Figure website.  Murders in London by month (black) and five month moving average (red):

The London Borough of Hounslow, where I live, is a pretty peaceful area, generally – low down on the murder list, occasional property crime in the richer areas.  It thus came as no surprise when a local Conservative councillor posted this on our local web forum:
Hounslow Community Safety Partnership has moved to reassure parents, guardians [...]

Good news about David Cameron’s bike:
He was at a Tesco branch on Portobello Road when the bike – which he joked was “an old friend” – disappeared.
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“It’s priceless to me. I’ve done over a thousand miles on it and three sponsored bike rides of 250 miles each, so it’s like an old friend. It’s fantastic.”
Eh?  [...]