Keri Brennan of Hillingdon Against HS2 writes on the impacts of High Speed Rail on London. You may or may not have heard about something called “HS2” – but what exactly is that? It’s a proposal to build a high speed railway (High Speed Two) from London to the regions, […]
Despite a panel that was a touch skewed towards the aviation industry the Evening Standard’s debate on aviation was of a lot higher standard than you might expect. The debate, hosted by journalist Jon Sopel, brought together philosopher and writer Alain de Botton, Aer Lingus CEO Willy Walsh, CBI chief […]
The leader of the Labour Party, and son of two European refugees who fled to this country, decided to give a landmark speech on immigration. It was a disappointing speech, but perhaps that’s not surprising. Despite a call to be “candid” it was a generally thin speech, designed to get headlines […]
Bus workers in the Unite union will be striking across London today despite a last minute court injunction that hoped to halt the industrial action. Disruption will began around 3.00am and will finish at the end of the night shift on Saturday 23 June. A judge ruled today that the action […]
The trial of PC Simon Harwood, accused of the killing of newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson, began this week some three years after his death at a G20 protest. Harwood denies the manslaughter charge. The prosecution claimed that Harwood attacked Tomlinson during a “rush of blood too the head” in a “gratuitous […]
The Cellar Upstairs at the Exmouth Arms near Euston hosts a regular season of folk clubs (restarting in September, it’s not a summer sport) with some of the top names in today’s folk scene as well as talented locals who just like to get up and have a go. There’s […]
The London Array is a massive wind energy project based in the Thames Estuary that should provide a significant amount of London’s energy. They have produced a progress report on the ambitious initiative that involves 175 large turbines providing renewable energy for the capital. The project should be online by […]
With the news that the Olympic openning ceremony is to conjure up images of a greener Britain using farm yard animals like horses, cows and ducks – yes ducks – it’s time to reflect on whether these people are just making it up as they go along. According to the […]
The Save Our Placards project ais to preserve all those wonderful hand drawn banners and placards that would otherwise end up in the bin somewhere. Personally speaking, I far prefer the home made placards than the mass produced ones because they are sally funnier and because, more seriously, they don’t […]
The BBC is reporting that Green MP Caroline Lucas has used Parliamentary privilege to name a police informer, or agent provocateur, of planting a bomb that two Animal Liberation Front (ALF) members were jailed for in the 1980’s. She claimed that she believed there was strong evidence that under cover […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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