Khan hints at mayoral run 2016 September 20, 2013 Labour go-getter Sadiq Khan has hinted that he may run for London Mayor 2016. In interviews today with the Evening Standard and the Guardian, the shadow justice secretary and lord chancellor confessed to being interested, should the potential for the position arise. He said: “If I was at the edge of the box and the [...]
Tories lose crunch vote on reforms January 29, 2013 THE CONSERVATIVES will find it almost impossible to win the 2015 general election, polling companies warned last night, after their Liberal Democrat coalition partners scuppered plans to reform constituency boundaries and reduce the number of MPs in parliament. Lib Dems joined Labour and the smaller parties to vote in favour of delaying the boundary reform [...]
Sadiq Khan to lead Labour in London January 16, 2013 SADIQ Khan has been appointed Labour’s shadow minister for London, leaving him well placed to seek the party’s nomination for the 2016 mayoral election. The Tooting MP replaces Tessa Jowell, who stepped down following the Olympics.
RAPID RESPONSES May 9, 2012 Facebook’s trials [Re: Is Facebook’s estimated market value excessively high?, Tuesday] Facebook is often compared to Microsoft. They’re both hugely successful companies that tens of millions use, but which few really love (in contrast to Apple). Facebook has shown impressive growth in revenues and profitability, but to become a $100bn company it must face two [...]
Alan Johnson to be shadow chancellor October 8, 2010 Labour leader Ed Miliband has chosen Alan Johnson as his shadow chancellor, while Ed Balls will take on the shadow home secretary role. Yvette Cooper will be shadow foreign secretary. Cooper and Balls had been tipped as front runners for the shadow chancellor role, which has been handed to Johnson, a former home secretary. Meanwhile [...]
Rivals jostle to be shadow chancellor September 26, 2010 ED Miliband was last night desperately trying to get his older brother to become shadow chancellor, although he has not yet sealed the deal. An aide to David Miliband, who was narrowly beaten in the battle to become Labour leader by his younger sibling, said he hadn’t decided whether to put his name forward for [...]
Key London central seats go to Labour… May 7, 2010 A STRING of failures in crucial central London target seats left the Conservative party reeling as the election results came in earlier today. Disappointing results in a trio of David Cameron’s most coveted target seats – Westminster North, Hammersmith and Tooting – knocked the party off course early on in its quest for an overall [...]
Labour’s Khan holds Tooting to chants of “Yes we Khan” May 6, 2010 LABOUR HOLD Swing -3.6% TRANSPORT minister Sadiq Khan last night managed to hold onto his key marginal seat of Tooting in South London dealing a significant blow to Conservative hopes of an overall majority. The junior minister had been earmarked as a potential scalp by the Tories. But in the bellwether seat Khan survived a [...]
Eurostar launches probe as limited services resume today December 21, 2009 EUROSTAR yesterday launched an independent investigation into the problems which forced it to cancel all train services for three days in a row. The review will be led by Christopher Garnett, former chief executive of GNER and the former commercial director of Eurotunnel, and Claude Gressier, the French inspector general of bridges and roads. Eurostar [...]