Conservative MPs call for Labour's candidate for London mayor, Ken Livingstone, to apologise for saying their party is "riddled" with homosexuals.
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Labour accuse the government of giving London mayor Boris Johnson a £90m "bung" to pay for extra police as part of a plan to get him re-elected.
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The "Pret Effect" term came after London Mayor Boris Johnson wondered aloud why there were never any British people working for the sandwich chain.
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Financial services workers urged to move to London to escape what Boris Johnson sees as a hostile political climate across the Channel
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FT on 31st Jan 2012 (via ft.com)
London mayor Boris Johnson said he would continue to stick up for bankers in the City, but RBS was different as he spoke against the bonus given to Stephen Hester.
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He already has his bikes and his buses, but might Boris get his island too? Today's Telegraph reports that David Cameron is going to announce a consultation into building a new airport in the Thames estuary, as was first proposed by the London Mayor. The PM will wait until that consultation is over before making a final decision, but he's said to be 'provisionally supportive' o...
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Spectator on 18th Jan 2012 (via spectator.co.uk)
The revelation that London Mayor Boris Johnson submitted comments to the consultation on Disability Living Allowance reform is an unusual situation. And he criticises the plans to replace DLA with Personal Independence Payment for exactly the right reasons.
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LiberalConspiracy on 10th Jan 2012 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
The election for London mayor will be of national significance, because despite Boris Johnson’s efforts to distance his personal brand from that of the Tory Party, the current London mayor is a class-war Conservative, and Cameron needs to hold London as a stepping stone to defending his government at the next general election. On Boris
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SocialistUnity on 2nd Jan 2012 (via socialistunity.com)
Ken Livingstone today wrote an open letter to Boris Johnson, the current London Mayor, challenging him to a debate about public transport fares: Open letter – time for a live debate on the fares Dear Boris, Today, in an interview for ITV London, you have claimed that my plan to put money back into Londoners' pockets and purses through a fares cut is 'crazed vote-getting'. And ...
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LabourMatters on 6th Dec 2011 (via labourmatters.com)
An impromptu trip to the gents by London Mayor Boris Johnson holds up the ATP World Tour Final between Roger Federer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the O2 Arena. Federer eventually won in three sets.
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