Via The F Word, this is disgraceful…
“Jenny Jones, Green Party Assembly Member, today forced London’s Mayor to admit that he will not deliver new rape crisis centres in London on the scale he promised in his manifesto.
Before being elected, the Mayor pledged to provide £744,000 a year to fund the one existing rape crisis centre [...]
See, Rape Isn’t Really An Issue Anymore…
December 18th, 2008 11 Comments
Boris’s Focussed Strategies Have Become A Little Blinkered…
November 25th, 2008 3 Comments
A few months ago I noted that Boris had, rather obliquely, admitted that he was going to stop holding and funding the Capitalwoman conference. Lis Ssenjovu has an update…
“After not getting a response on the status of Capitalwoman (despite multiple emails and messages) I wrote to my MP Diane Abbott. She responded as follows:
‘Unfortunately the [...]
Tags: agendas · broken promises · Capital Woman · crime · Rape · Rape Crisis Centres
Why Is Violence Against Women Being Ignored?
October 23rd, 2008 6 Comments
Boris, in response to a question regarding the curtailment of street prostitution…
“In April 2009 I intend to publish my draft Violence Against Women Strategy which will include issues around prostitution.“
Now, let’s remind ourselves of Boris’s little encounter with the Commons…
“Labour’s Margaret Moran says Boris was committed to increasing the number of rape crisis centres in [...]
Tags: agendas · broken promises · budget · crime · Rape
Slap Round The Face Or Stab In The Back?
July 31st, 2008 1 Comment
If it isn’t quite the Sword of Damocles suspended over Ian Blair’s head, it’s certainly the kitchen knife of someone very close to him.
In an leaked email, Kit Malthouse, who, in January, authored a critical Times article headlined ‘Sorry, Noone Voted For You‘, wrote that ‘essentially it’s the mayor’s decision to suspend or not‘, while [...]
Tags: agendas · jobs · Johnson Administration · police · team
Whitewashing
June 17th, 2008 9 Comments
Following the Rise revelations, Munira Mirza has been rushed into action with an article for Comment is Free. Titled ‘Doing anti-racism for real’, it appears to be a poorly veiled attempt to discredit its promotion.
The article is in quotes and my comments are bolded.
“To give some background: in 1996 the Trades Union Congress and various [...]
Tags: agendas · lies · Press · teams · transparency
This Think Tank Is A Powerful Vehicle
May 25th, 2008 14 Comments
Policy Exchange is a British think tank, whose mission statement claims that it attempts to ‘develop and promote new policy ideas’. The Telegraph described it as “the largest, but also the most influential think tank on the right”, while The Guardian lambasted it as a “neo-con attack dog”. Despite the organisations claim to be “independent”, [...]
Tags: agendas · jobs · Johnson Administration
A plan to complete (but what about the means?)
May 4th, 2008 3 Comments
I remain unconvinced that it came down to a personality contest. At least as far as American politics go, “though the assertion is common, little solid evidence exists that this is true.”
Instead, we need to look at the spatial distribution of inequalities and grievances—from the time Ken took on the mayoralty, through to the present [...]
Tags: agendas
