Boris Watch

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[Scene: Inside the Queen Vic.  Boris Johnson is leaning on the bar sipping champagne.  Peggy Mitchell is looking agitated behind the bar]
PEGGY: Bleedin’ hell, Bozza, Phil’s just been arrested for fraud!
BORIS: Cripes!  Blimey!  What was he Deputy Mayor for again?
PEGGY: [looks confused]
BORIS: Better sort this out before those Pyong-Yang style bloggers Boriswatch get hold [...]

Naturally, when Boris’s people embargoed the staggering news that he’s appearing in Eastenders (we weren’t included in an embargo, being Beyond Civilisation in blog terms) we cynical sods wondered if he was burying anything.  So far nothing’s come to light, but there are two things this week that might use a diversion.  First off, the [...]

Oo, lovely, investment in the suburbs, new facilities for cyclists, all the good Boris stuff:
Transport for London (TfL) and the London Borough of Hounslow today unveiled a new foot and cycle bridge that allows pedestrians and cyclists to cross the railway at Bedfont Road in Hounslow in greater safety.
The brand new shared-use bridge, built alongside [...]

When it comes to preserving the old ways from being abused, various people (yes, Andrew and Simon, I’m talking to you) pointed to Boris as the man to stop a nasty rash of ugly tall buildings scarring the London skyline, an accolade he’s been somewhat over-anxious to claim, to the point of, um, not telling [...]