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A Sugar-free mayoralty

March 25th, 2009 3 Comments

In case anyone was left in any doubt despite Dave Hill’s excellent work here, today’s G2 includes an interview with Sir Alan Sugar from which the following extract is taken:
he doesn’t like jargon, or bureaucracy, or bullshit. Or newspaper stories about him that aren’t true (him running for mayor of London is the most recent [...]

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Andrew Gilligan And Associates…

November 19th, 2008 1 Comment

Just how many “partners” can one guy have? (And did you see what Boris was eating for breakfast this morning?)
Update:
We should thank Simon Fletcher for a kind (if possibly optimistic) mention in this CiF article *gazes wistfully across the tumbleweed-strewn wasteland in search of politicians and journalists*.
He’s right that liberal and leftish writers are currently [...]

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Evening Standard round-up

September 8th, 2008 3 Comments

The Standard has couple of pieces worth reading – in different ways – today.
“Yes, I’m Boris’s chief enforcer – the supertanker is now turning” is an interview with Sir Simon Milton, who more or less confirms the previously unattributed stories that he’s in charge at City Hall now Parker’s had the boot. The Tory Troll [...]

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