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• The altruism of cyclists

  When one cyclist saw a man rummaging through bins he decided he couldn’t just watch him go hungry. All caught on his cycle helmet cam.

   

• What is the sex capital of London?

  The sex toy industry is bucking the recession, both glorious dips of it, with increased sales across the UK to a priapic £250 million a year. One company decided to put these sales to the service of social science and has revealed which parts of the country spent the most and […]

   

• Free Books at Tufnell Park

  Just down the road from Tufnell Park tube on Fortess Road you’ll find two “free books” shops. The concept is simple, revolutionary and not a single customer who was there while I was around actually believed it. Every year thousands of good books are pulped simply because there is no […]

   

• Number crunching: Looking closer at the Green vote

  The Green Party achieved an incredible result on Thursday. In a city the size of London it is no mean feat for a minor party with just two councillors to come third place. Although Greens will be disappointed that both they and the Lib Dems have an equal number of […]

   

• The last minute pitches for your vote

  With one day to go until the election proper the parties and their supporters are making their last minute pitches to the electorate – or at least the 3/4 of the electorate who have not already voted by post. Big Smoke thought it would be worth directing our readers to […]

   

• Siobhan Benita answers the most asked questions

  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 […]

   

• Was Livingstone right to walk out of Croydon Advertiser interview?

  It’s the bane of every jobbing politician – the easy quiz question. No one cares if you get it right but if you get Azerbaijan’s capital city wrong, woe betide you, you could be responsible for World War Three. The classic moment is, of course, Dan Quail’s attempt to “correct” […]

   

• Election re-boot: rethinking our election posters

  It’s time to start looking at London’s elections with fresh eyes, and when I say fresh I mean old. What if today’s election was being conducted at the time of Palmerstone, Gladstone or even Keir Hardie? Well, putting my far from adequate photoshop skills to use I’ve had a go […]

   

• The unhealthy obsession with front-line policing

  One of the set piece themes of London politics is the obsession with police numbers. The constant wrangling over stats, with its repetitive “I’m best, you’re rubbish” refrain is sterile and unhelpful in so many ways. For one thing voters have no reliable access to the statistics themselves so for most of […]

   

• The London Liberal Democrat Election Broadcast

  Here we have the Liberal Democrat election broadcast for the London elections. See what you think then read our thoughts;   What about the policies? The first thing to say is where are the policies on transport, cycling, fares, inequality, climate change, green spaces, wages, the fire service, air pollution, […]