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 […]
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 […]
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.
George Galloway’s out of the blue win in Bradford West on Thursday was unprecedented. For a candidate of a minuscule party, with no real connection to a constituency, to turn up a few weeks beforehand and receive more than 50% of the vote is quite remarkable, whoever achieved it, and however it […]
With all the candidates announced for the London Assembly it has become clear that there is a massive under representation of women standing for office (or is that over representation of men?). Of the seven Mayoral candidates just two are women, neither of whom are standing for the three largest parties. On […]
Reuben Bard-Rosenberg, who blogs at the Third Estate, takes a look at Livingstone and the Jewish community. The issue of Ken Livingstone’s relationship to London’s Jewish community has generated much wrring and grrring over the past couple of weeks. It began with a letter to Ed Miliband – written by a […]
Liberal Democrat Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick spoke to Radio Taxis on his Mayoral vision. Our view; There are a few things to note here. a) nice theme tune. b) Brian Paddick would have us believe he calls Taxis “little black buses”. c) he is very concerned about parking around […]
Ken Livingstone’s team have put out a new video promoting the Labour ticket. I don’t know what you think but Ken seems bizarrely down beat and depressed for a video that’s meant to be energizing us to vote for an alternative.
Out and about The Camden New Journal reports on Dumpton Place and the battle to rename the Dump…ton. Cycles, pedestrians and cars could share our streets in perfect harmony, says the Evening Standard. Updating on the Clissold Park Cafe story in the Hackney Gazette. London Underground sees new ads stating […]
Bob from Brockley kicks us off on minimum pricing for alcohol. He’s against. The anarchists have been making Olympic posters. That’s nice of them. Franklin House. Barkingside21 has been looking at dogs in the news. There’s a nice guide on cycling across London at London Cyclist. Sturdyblog gives us a heart […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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