Boris Watch

Remember this little bit of selflessness?
“Mr Johnson is also travelling economy class — although he is likely to get an upgrade from BA — and moving from the £400-a-night hotel booked for Mr Livingstone to a more modest establishment.”
Well, it appears that BA weren’t playing along:
“British Airways denied the Mayor an upgrade from his economy [...]

Dying down a bit now, but another interesting and lengthy blog post to draw your attention to, this time from Lib Dem blog ‘The Burbler’:
Beginners to the art of delegation often think that it involves simply choosing experienced staff and telling them to do tasks. Of course, it is devilishly more difficult than that. It [...]