Boris Watch

An attempt to enhance the accountability of the new London mayoralty

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Starved Of Culture? Hard Luck, Hillingdon

June 11th, 2009 7 Comments

We’re currently in the middle of the Story Of London, a month-long “festival” intended to celebrate the city’s past, present and future. The GLA website promises hundreds of events taking place across London, so wherever you are in the capital, you’ll find an event near you. However, I’ve failed abysmally in finding even one event [...]

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GLA- Sponsored Festivals

May 29th, 2009 17 Comments

I’m sure that, like me, you’ve been agog to see the line-up of exciting events promised for the Mayor’s Story Of London Festival . For the past month or so I’ve been collecting leaflets from various museums and other London attractions which have featured events with the Story Of London logo, and every couple of [...]

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We Must Consider The Effects That These Blasted Gizmos Are Having On Our Creative Sector…

October 16th, 2008 1 Comment

Boris’s swift transition from media figure that happened to dabble in politics to politician with a certain prominence in the media has meant that a lot of his more inconvenient views are being scrubbed from the passage of time.
Consider this hearty endorsement of the London Games Festival…
“I’m delighted that the London Games Festival is back [...]

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Boris Cuts £10,000 From The Budget Of Soho Pride

August 11th, 2008 10 Comments

Boris has decided to cut £10,000 from from the budget of the Soho Pride festival, and will instead use the money to fund scholastic education against homophobia. The decision, according to the organisers of the event, “could prove fatal and mean 2008 could be Soho Pride’s last year on the streets of London“.
HOMOVISION writes that [...]

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