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• I’ll just leave this here

  Sometimes the simplest messages are the clearest. spotted outside Euston station.

   

• Green Party launch London election video

  The London Green Party today launched it’s main campaign video for the London elections, a stylish black and white little number from the director Rebecca Frayn, screenwriter for the recent biopic of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. See what you think;   Commentary While not the best Green […]

   

• Why choose between bus or cycle when you can do both?

  As I sauntered my way through South London imagine my surprise as this contraption hoved into view, funky music blaring and the occupants seeming to have an obscenely good time. It’s a cycle powered bus. Or pedibus. Who knew this sort of thing existed?

   

• Editorial: Big Smoke and the coming election

  With just four weeks to go until the London Assembly elections it seems like an opportune moment to clarify Big Smoke’s approach to the election. The intention of the site, as you probably know, is to further a jihad against modern capitalism and everything you hold sweet and dear. We […]

   

• Video: Socialists make their pitch

  The Trade Union and Socialist Coalition are not standing for Mayor but they are standing on the Assembly PR list (orange ballot paper). Here they make their pitch for your vote; Over the next few weeks we will be carrying the election videos for all the main parties to help […]

   

• Some Parliamentary petitions for London

  Online petitions are a great way of making yourself as if you’ve done something without having to go through all that effort of actually doing anything. The downside is that they very rarely make any difference what so ever. However, God bless the Coalition government, it’s now the case that […]

   

• Simple rules for London

  Lists of Note is one of those sites that regular produce lovely content that you’re pleased to have stumbled across. Anyway, theyy recently published a little list Kipling sent to his daughter Dear Bird, […] I send you a few simple rules for Life in London. Wash early and often […]

   

• Tuesday’s London Links

  Today’s round-up of links from around London; Some fascinating facts about the Tube. Anglo-Berry. Transpontine say that the police have changed their story over the Forest ill shooting. TfL are cracking down on those ridiculous extra-long limos. Anderson Shelter. Also from TfL we see some cycle safety improvements in the […]

   

• Video: Ken and Boris tax-squabble on LBC

  Four Mayoral candidates were on LBC this morning when a squabble over Boris and Ken’s tax affairs. Unedifying to say the least. Reports say that the pair continued to bicker after the show, including foul mouthed rants in the lift. Fuller story in the BBC, Guardian and Total Politics.

   

• Busking on the (South Bank) Beach

  I loved these guys. Not sure quite what the appeal of having your audience stare down at you is, I’m not sure, or even picking pennies out of the sand – but it works!