Boris Watch

Sir Ian Blair has gone, and good riddance.  He’s had a go at Boris on the way out, though, which is kind of funny.  Remember them standing up and talking about knife crime at one of those increasingly rare Boris Meets The Press moments?  Actually, do you remember knife crime at all?
Anyway, I suspect the [...]

Our Mayor is, at least, notionally, in favour of fair trade – the London Assembly recently passed a motion in favour.  Here are the voting statistics and some interesting facts:
1. The motion received 11 votes in favour  (Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green), 10 votes against (Conservative and BNP)
2. The following boroughs are expected to apply [...]

Well, after all the hints and suggestions that a third way of adapting the congestion charge Western Extension Zone (perhaps by reducing the operating hours), Boris is scrapping the whole thing, from 2010.  This, coupled with the cuts to TfL projects and the inability to find a measly £15m for the London Overground Clapham Junction [...]

Via uk.transport.london, the latest on the Dagenham Dock DLR extension and Thames Gateway Bridge projects.  Hazel Blears (one of the New Labour ministers Boris seems to be spending a lot of time with) is apparently getting involved in the issues around the Thames Gateway thrown up by Boris’s summary execution of the schemes, mainly around [...]