Boris Watch

First in a new series of hopelessly late, but hastily written commentary…
Leuwig, Swaffield and Hartwich think they’re some brave radical thinkers, but in reality, are nothing of the sort.
Instead, they continue the trend of trumpeting a world in which “human beings are worth less and less.”As Daniel Davies points out, the report focuses on GVA [...]

New permanent Chairman of TfL Boris Johnson will have another little industrial problem to manage on his return:
Members of the Unite union are demanding an equal rate of pay for drivers across the bus network, which is operated by 18 different companies.
Unite said 2,500 staff employed by First will walkout for 24 hours from 0300 [...]

The Financial Times hasn’t recently been a Tory cheerleader.  New Labour’s business-friendly attitude won it no little approval in the FT, and Livingstone’s London suited the FT’s equally suited readers rather better than one might think.   With that in mind, check out (free registration required) the warning shot across the bows of HMS Boris this [...]

Quick note for Twitter users: channel4news are soliciting questions for Alex Thomson to put to Boris in Beijing later today. Why not give them some suggestions?