City A.M. Unregulated podcast, episode 6: Zac Goldsmith vs Sadiq Khan – Who should have the City’s vote in the London mayoral election? May 4, 2016 From Bollywood blunders to accusations of racism from all sides: no matter whether Zac Goldsmith or Sadiq Khan wins, the next Mayor of London is going to take over after a divisive campaign. Who should the City be voting for? Chewing over the promises from both of London's main candidates, as well as what will dominate in the first [...]
No puppy love here: Mumsnet’s younger sister site Gransnet is pairing up with romantic novel peddler Mills & Boon May 4, 2016 If there's one thing we took away from last week's Mumsnet mayoral hustings, it's that users of the site are big fans of romance novels. Knowing its target audience only too well Mumsnet's sister site for tech-savvy matriarchs, Gransnet, is announcing a partnership with romantic novel peddler Mills & Boon. Gransnet says that the partnership "will see the [...]
Labour’s Sadiq Khan can’t be trusted to deliver for Londoners – but Zac is a man I can do business with May 4, 2016 When I first became chancellor six years ago, I inherited a British economy and a London economy that were on their knees. It’s why on day one we immediately put a plan in place to rescue the public finances while laying the foundations for recovery. London led that recovery, bouncing back first and fastest. With [...]
Why George Osborne thinks Zac Goldsmith, not Sadiq Khan, can deliver the best deal for London May 4, 2016 George Osborne has urged Londoners to vote for fellow Conservative Zac Goldsmith in the London mayoral election on Thursday to help the government deliver “the best possible deal for London”. Writing in City A.M., the chancellor said he wants a mayor “who wants to work with me to get things done” and questioned what sort of [...]
Lord Sugar reckons he would make a better London mayor than Zac Goldsmith and Sadiq Khan May 3, 2016 In a race for City Hall with banking heirs, polish aristocrats and exiled Kashmiri emperors, who else could bring even more grandeur to the London mayoral election than Lord Alan Sugar? Not surprisingly the businessman, a Labour peer until he left the party after the general election last year, reckons none of the candidates are up to scratch [...]
Now Zac Goldsmith’s campaign claims it’s as quick to commute to Venice than it is to reach Bromley on the train May 3, 2016 It may be the final few days of London's mayoral election, but things are continuing to heat up – after Zac Goldsmith's campaign made some pretty strong claims about the capital's commute times. The Conservative candidate's campaign has crunched the number and discovered it takes as long for some of the capital's commuters to reach [...]
Zac Goldsmith seems to have found his mojo: But is it too late to defeat Sadiq Khan? May 3, 2016 City Social, on the 24th floor of Tower 42, is used to hosting London’s power brokers, and it would take an interesting guest to tempt the diners to look up from their menus or their phones. Nobody reaches for their cameras when I take a window seat with Zac Goldsmith, but they definitely notice him. [...]
Failure to tackle the scourge of rising rents will undermine London’s startup renaissance May 3, 2016 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales once said that “in the US, Washington is politics, LA is Hollywood, San Francisco is tech, New York is advertising and finance, but London is all of those things.” If anything, he is selling our city short; throw in the culture of the city that shaped creative geniuses such as Charles [...]
As London goes to the polls this week, which mayoral candidate would be better for business? May 3, 2016 Karren Brady, businesswoman and Conservative peer, says Zac. The next mayor has to be able to work with this government, above all to deliver the infrastructure to cope with a growing population. It’s a scandal, for example, that Bank station – probably the most important tube station in the financial world – gets closed once a [...]
Labour’s London mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan accepts anti-Semitism row could hurt his chances of getting elected May 1, 2016 Labour's London mayoral candidate believes his chances of winning the election next week could be damaged by the anti-Semitism row that has erupted. Sadiq Khan said he wouldn't be thrown of course by the row, but acknowledged that there could well be an electoral consequence that would damage his chances of taking City Hall, as well [...]