Boris Watch

One of the rather short-sighted early Boris decisions was to attempt to reduce road traffic congestion by reducing the amount of water main replacement works allowed in London, paid for by green-lighting Thames Water’s previously vetoed desalination plant idea.  The flaws to this plan are fairly obvious, as Alex pointed out at the time, all [...]

This is what Boris was saying before the election (in a letter to Liz Kelly, Chair of End Violence Against Women)…
“The next Mayor of London must show leadership if we are to end this crime…It is absolutely evident that we must be doing more to help, support and promote the assistance that is given to [...]

We’ve previously covered Boris’s backtracking on his pre-election pledge to fund more Rape Crisis Centres. (As I may have said before, I find it interesting that David Cameron has also promised some more of these under a future Conservative government: where’s the joining of the dots in the national media? Why did no-one ask Cameron [...]