Boris Watch

An attempt to enhance the accountability of the new London mayoralty

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What Is It With People Called Ross?

December 8th, 2008 1 Comment

Boris Johnson today faced calls to replace David Ross as his representative on the London Olympics organising committee after the multimillionaire businessman quit Carphone Warehouse following an admission that he had used a large slice of his personal holding in the company to guarantee personal loans.
Despite heavy coverage of the story, the Mayor has yet [...]

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The Policy Gas Exchange

August 22nd, 2008 1 Comment

First in a new series of hopelessly late, but hastily written commentary…
Leuwig, Swaffield and Hartwich think they’re some brave radical thinkers, but in reality, are nothing of the sort.
Instead, they continue the trend of trumpeting a world in which “human beings are worth less and less.”As Daniel Davies points out, the report focuses on GVA [...]

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Private Eye on ‘Mayor Scandal’

July 10th, 2008 9 Comments

This spoof item in the latest Private Eye is quite good.

I must try and fix my scanner at some point, so I don’t have to keep taking photos of things instead of scanning them.

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