Boris Watch

Again rather belatedly - it seems to take at least two weeks to collect them.
Main things to note - murders in September: a low 8 or 9 (depending on where you look), confirming a gut instinct that things are a lot quieter now after the flaps earlier in the year. Total murders are 20 [...]

5th May 2008, GLA press release:
“We face a wave of violent crime amongst young people in the Capital. Kids are killing other kids. Ray will be part of my team who will work night and day until we put an end to this tragic trend.
“Working with voluntary groups across the Capital, we will make a [...]

A plummeting pound means more money in the Venezuelan kitty spurned by Boris Johnson.  As of now, it’s:
£19,515,167.2352
having gone over £19.6m earlier.  A caveat - because of falling oil prices it’s possible that 20% of London’s diesel doesn’t cost $32m any more, but they haven’t fallen *that* far.