Boris Watch

An attempt to enhance the accountability of the new London mayoralty

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More broken promises, with a hint of greenwash

June 6th, 2008 1 Comment

Boris Johnson is bad for the environment and tells lies. That’s virtually the message coming today from a Tory Council leader in Dartford over Boris’ wish for an airport in the Thames Estuary.
During the campaign, Boris promised that an airport in North Kent had been ruled out. Or so says Tony Kite, Conservative leader of [...]

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BBC London on Boris’s translucency

June 4th, 2008 2 Comments

Tom’s already provided a run-down on the web coverage of today’s Mayoral press conference, but I was delighted to see that even the mainstream TV media are making their unimpressed feelings known about Boris’s pathetic press conference plans.
This is the man who was elected on a promise to improve accountability and transparency. He was also [...]

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Why The Hell Didn’t I Apply For A Job?

June 3rd, 2008 3 Comments

In a written response to a question by Darren Johnson, Boris last week refused to reveal how much the public was paying for his team of his advisers. Today, however, we see that slyly imbedded in a report to the Business Management and Administration Committee is the admission that the pay of these consultants ‘will [...]

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Translucent Boris reneges on another pledge

May 30th, 2008 4 Comments

The Tory Troll points out this morning that Boris has broken another of his campaign promises.
Like all his carefully learned campaign lines, I lost count of the number of times I heard Boris assure us that "from day one" he would ensure that "every pound spent" by the GLA was put online for public inspection, [...]

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