Today’s bits and bobs from around the web; The polls still looking good for Mr Johnson. Evening Standard. ITV. Listen to candidates sum up at the The Times cycle hustings. Now with added booing. Candidates are calling for an inquiry into Johnson’s delays over air quality. Business Green. Johnson’s deputy, […]
Damien Clarkson encourages us to take part in the Great British Walking Challenge which starts today. The Great British Walking Challenge takes place this May as part of Living Streets’ National Walking Month. We’re urging people across the country to take to their feet and see how many times […]
Well, it will end on Thursday I suppose, but it feels never ending. However, it’s not that long ago that Ken Livingstone was making an appeal to keep the election out of the gutter. As it becomes clearer that no one is particularly enthusiastic about Labour’s candidate the campaign is […]
A few bits and bobs we’ve spotted; Ex-Stringfellows worker wins landmark employment tribunal case. Bindmans. Black Cab London spots the smallest statue in London. Library strikes in Greenwich. News Shopper. The Times on the weekend’s amazing cycle protests. Will Self is having a pop at London in the Independent. Election […]
Salary: £34,200 p/a Job Details: The Howard League for Penal Reform is looking to recruit a Campaigns and Communications Manager. Working with the Director of campaigns, the campaigns and communications manager will be responsible for developing and implementing a communication strategy that works across the campaigns, research, legal and membership functions […]
Siobhan Benita’s campaign may have been put at 3% in today’s polls (with UKIP and the Greens) but she’s certainly caused a stir. Here she makes her final pitch to voters, see what you think; This video is a mix of the vox pop street style and the candidate’s pitch […]
Most of the major candidates in the London poll may be the same as 2008, but this election has been different in a few ways this time around. The most striking difference is that specific environmental issues such as cycling and air pollution have risen spectacularly up the political agenda, […]
Something for the weekend? Police in Islington hand details of informants to criminals. Islington Tribune. Hackney Citizen reports on Hackney Council’s climb down over disabled woman’s eviction. A man on Tottenham Court Road was arrested after a suicide bomb threat. Camden New Journal (exclusively show my elbow in their pic, no […]
During the Mayoral campaign the sole independent candidate, Siobhan Benita, has been the cause of much speculation. Is she funded by New Labour? Or David Cameron? Or even Richard Branson? What does she actually propose to do with all our lovely foxes? Why does she want a third runway at […]
Eco-cosmetics company Lush put on a pretty horrific show during the week to highlight the cruelty involved in animal testing for cosmetics. Be warned, it’s a fairly disgusting video – so don’t watch if you don’t like deliberately confronting “performance art” that might make you feel a bit ill. Lush […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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