Boris Watch

The Tory Troll reports that Brian Coleman - the appointee to chair LFEPA - has reduced his annual taxi bill to £8321 following an intimidating total of £10000 last year…which is very public-spirited of him.
Fictitious reports suggest that surplus taxis were hired to ferry your money about.

Thousands of London bus drivers are demanding the introduction of an equal pay rate. The Unite union has stated that 28,000 of its members voted by a margin of 99% in support of the motion, which would bring all of London’s operators in line.
Pay disparity for drivers working under different operators can be as much [...]

This week, the GLA released their Planning For A Better London report. We shall work way through it, with the requisite whisky and cigarettes, but in the meantime you can read it here, and, should you be gripped by inspiration, send your thoughts towards City Hall. Property Week and Building Design comment briefly.
Members of the [...]

News in from Nick Boles: Boris didn’t vet Ray Lewis because he didn’t have time. The Supreme Leader Delegator’s former chief of staff claimed:
Boris Johnson’s team failed to vet disgraced deputy mayor Ray Lewis thoroughly because they were focused more on campaigning than on making detailed preparations to run City Hall.
Because, with emphasis added:
The Evening [...]

Gordon Brown has announced that new anti-knife crime measures will be announced next week, after five men were killed in separate incidents during just twenty-four hours. Boris has stated that these measures will target ‘the underlying causes‘, and has said that:
“We need to do all we can to address the long term complex root causes [...]