Tessa Jowell plans to run for London Mayor in 2016 as Labour candidate in fight to succeed Boris Johnson November 22, 2014 Veteran Labour MP and former cabinet minister Tessa Jowell has thrown her hat in the ring for the race to succeed Boris Johnson as London Mayor in 2016. The former culture secretary told the BBC she is "certainly planning to run" for mayor. However, she added that now "isn't time for a formal declaration". Jowell [...]
Boris Johnson welcomes report calling for more Commonwealth immigration November 3, 2014 The UK is missing a huge economic and cultural opportunity because of anachronistic and counterproductive restrictions on immigration from the Commonwealth, easing pressure created by its ageing population. So concludes a new report published today by think tank the Commonwealth Exchange, with a foreword written by London mayor Boris Johnson. Johnson wrote: We should welcome [...]
Boris Johnson continues gas-bagging at #AskBoris Twitter question time October 20, 2014 Boris Johnson flexed his fingers and hit Twitter yesterday for his monthly #AskBoris question time and, as usual, the mayor didn’t disappoint with his flamboyant answers. He made an extraterrestrial quip when asked about the reinstatement of Peckham Lido, tweeting #takemetoyourlido. He said if he were to spend a night in any building at [...]
Police called in to property fair Mipim over #BlockBoris protests October 15, 2014 Police were called in to the first day of property conference Mipim UK, after campaigners sought to disrupt London mayor Boris Johnson's opening address today with their #BlockBoris protests. Although the major made it to the podium for his speech at 10am this morning, this afternoon has seen the conference brought to a virtual [...]
Coca-Cola looks to put fizz into Boris Bikes October 14, 2014 Coca-Cola could replace Barclays as the main sponsor of London’s Boris Bikes in a deal at an annual cost of at least £5.5m, according to Sky News. A Coca-Cola spokesperson said: “We are always looking at partnerships which are a good fit for our brands.”
Row in the City as Boris vows to cut EU migration October 13, 2014 BORIS Johnson took the fight to UKIP yesterday, pledging to introduce a points-based immigration system or else quit the EU altogether. But his promise sparked a war of words between business groups and MPs as some backed his plan while others want firms to be allowed to hire the workers they need. “In the renegotiation, [...]
Boris Johnson to approve controversial 700-apartment development October 2, 2014 Boris Johnson is expected to approve plans to develop London’s largest brownfield site in Islington tomorrow, despite thousands of local residents campaigning against it. The site – the former Royal Mail sorting office at Mount Pleasant, off Farringdon Road – has been highly controversial, with both Islington and Camden councils rejecting the plans, before the [...]
Boris Johnson’s deputy Kit Malthouse slams support for electric cars October 1, 2014 Boris Johnson’s deputy Kit Malthouse is battling against fellow politicians to drive hydrogen as the clean fuel source of the future, describing battery-powered vehicles as “a temporary technology”. Speaking at Canaccord Genuity’s Hydrogen – The New Energy Landscape conference in London yesterday, Malthouse, deputy mayor for business and enterprise, told attendees that uptake of hydrogen-fuelled [...]
Boris Johnson wields a brick and calls for more new London homes in Conservative party conference speech September 30, 2014 London mayor Boris Johnson gave a typically jovial speech at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham yesterday, bouncing around on stage holding a brick above his head while promising not to throw it at the audience. Johnson, who is hoping to win a seat in the House of Commons next year, spoke of how the [...]
Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party Conference speech: “Semi-Marxist Miliband”, “eat the kippers” and “planet zog” September 30, 2014 Conservative favourite and London mayor Boris Johnson has delivered an upbeat speech to the Tory faithful at the party's conference in Birmingham. With swipes at Ukip defectors, Ed Miliband and Vince Cable, the speech was well-received in a conference hall nervous about the prospects of electoral success and party unity. Johnson ran through a list [...]