The media has been awash with commentators and politicians telling us how we can not allow this recession to be used as an excuse to give up on globalisation - or as they prefer to call it "free trade". Latest in the line to have their say is London mayor, Boris Johnson. It is a natural assumption that in times of economic distress we should put our own nation first, and if you want evidence of th...
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Ranting Stan on 3rd Feb 2009 (via rantingstan.blogspot.com)
I think that Boris Johnson just enhanced his reputation. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has fallen into a river while launching a drive to urge Londoners to volunteer. While helping to clear up the River Pool in Lewisham, south-east London, he tripped and fell in, getting wet up to around his chest, then stumbled away. Mr Johnson was helped to his feet by volunteers who he was helping remove li...
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TheWardmanWire on 4th Jun 2009 (via mattwardman.com)
Labour's former home secretary could challenge his Tory namesake Boris Johnson to be London mayor in two years.
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Telegraph on 18th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and his most senior deputy today distanced their administration from the findings of an investigation commissioned by Johnson into the financial stewardship of the Greater London authority and the London-wide organisations it partly controls
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Guardian on 16th Jul 2008 (via guardian.co.uk)
CITY leaders are to ask London Mayor Boris Johnson to help Edinburgh overcome the economic downturn.
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Scotsman on 8th Oct 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
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)
While his party leader talks about trying to help the poor and looking out for their concerns, London Mayor Boris Johnson unveils crippling 20% fare-rises for London’s commuters. A year ago Boris did exactly the same: hiking up transport fares across London and trying to blame Ken even though the previous administration left him with
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LiberalConspiracy on 16th Oct 2009 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
MayorWatch reports that the Conservative London Mayor, Boris Johnson, has excluded Labour from the board of the London Development Agency. However in a statement released on his behalf Mr Livingstone said “the decision by Boris Johnson to exclude Labour from the London Development Agency board, even though Labour are the second largest group on the London
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LabourMatters on 6th Aug 2008 (via labourmatters.com)
After suspending a pan-London scheme upon taking office, the mayor of London may now return to the idea Boris Johnson today raised the prospect of establishing new low emission zones in London's pollution hotspots – just months after suspending further development of a pan-London scheme already in place. The mayor of London also put road-pricing schemes on the table to encourage Londone...
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Guardian on 18th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
A vibrant financial sector is vital, says Mayor of London Boris Johnson in a passionate defence of the City.
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Telegraph on 18th May 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liam Byrne MP said; "It's truly astonishing that Boris Johnson can find the time to write a book when he was elected to run London. "Despite the summer riots, record unemployment and rising cost of living it's clear London has a part-time Mayor who’s not putting Londoners first. In fact Boris Johnson's public diary records the M...
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LabourMatters on 27th Oct 2011 (via labourmatters.com)