Long term Labour supporter Eddie Izzard explains why he thinks you should be backing Livingstone at this election. Focusing on fares, again, it’s certainly Labour’s strongest theme for the election and they’d do well to keep at it. The fly on the wall filming style works rather well here, I […]
It’s *still* the weekend! Extraordinary. Congratulations to Brixton’s Ritzy Cinema named best in London. Natalie Bennett is impressed by Sainsburys’ healthy options. The Met are coming in for flak for rude and aggressive, even from the BBC. False Dichotomies has an interesting piece starting with praise of tube passengers. We […]
In a crucial YouGov poll (pdf) it has been revealed that most voters think that Dr Who probably votes Green while EastEnders’ Pat Butcher is solid Labour. Almost one in four people thought that Doctor Who would be a Green voter. However, it was the over forties who were most […]
London Underground want you to walk to tube lines. Which of these four bikes will get stolen first? Asks London Cyclist. Haringey Independent, council to probe Thames Water hosepipe ban. Squatted homes “in perfect nick” South London Press. The BBC say forget the smoke with these air purifying clothes. HS2 […]
Labour’s team thought they had the super-rich Mayor Boris Johnson over a barrel on his tax affairs but it seems as if the whole thing has backfired, damaging their own candidate. For some time now the rumbling row over who pays how much taxes has threatened to overwhelm the actual […]
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 […]
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 […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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