Archive for boris johnson

Eddie Mair

It wasn’t Eddie Mair that did for Boris Johnson, it was that it was national TV

24 March 2013 ,
Eddie Mair is rightly getting many plaudits today for a softly-spoken yet brutally effective interview of Boris Johnson. Yet Eddie Mair is by no means the first person to ask questions of Boris Johnson that leave him looking an embarrassed, evasive wreck. There’s a group of people who have done so regularly for years. They’re members [...]
Howling Laud Hope on the Eastleigh by-election

Eastleigh by-election: 20 February – Boris finds it hard to locate Tory voters

Boris Johnson visited Eastleigh but even with his populist touch he found it hard to locate Tory supporters.
Prime Minister Boris - edited by Iain Dale and Duncan Brack

Prime Minister Boris and other things that never happened

Prime Minister Boris and other things that never happened, edited by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale, is the third in a series of collections of ‘what if’ histories (one of which I contributed to myself). This time it is 22 counter-factuals all by different authors, taking events that really happened, adding a little twist and [...]

6 things Lib Dem campaigners can learn from Boris Johnson and George Galloway

12 September 2012 , , ,
Boris Johnson has twice won a contest for a directly-elected Mayor. George Galloway has recently won a Parliamentary by-election. That is why, for all the many reasons Liberal Democrats have for criticising both, smart Liberal Democrats also know that there are lessons to be learnt from their electoral successes.

Lords reform, Boris Johnson and Louise Mensch: Guardian podcast

This week’s Politics Weekly podcast from The Guardian features, ahem, myself alongside Martin Kettle, Nick Cohen and Tom Clark. Lords reform, Boris Johnson’s political future and the Corby by-election (so far, dreadfully lacking in jokes about trouser presses) all feature. Nick Cohen made a particularly good provocative point about Boris Johnson – saying he’s the [...]
Samuel Watkin

And the winner is … Samuel Watkin

6 August 2012 , ,
Congratulations to Samuel Watkin who was the winner of my prize draw for new people signing up to my monthly email newsletter about the Liberal Democrats. A copy of Prime Minister Boris and other things that never happened (edited by Duncan Brack and Iain Dale) is in the post to Samuel and if you’re one of those who missed out, [...]
Caroline Pidgeon

Being called “mealy-mouthed, miserable” isn’t normally a compliment but…

25 June 2012 ,
… when it’s what Boris Johnson is reduced to saying after some intensive cross-examination by Caroline Pidgeon at the GLA, I think it rather counts as compliment to Caroline.   Hat tip: Boris Watch  

The weekend debate: Is mandatory arbitration the answer to public transport strikes?

23 June 2012 , , , ,
Here’s your starter for ten in our weekend slot where we throw up an idea or thought for debate… With the Olympics approaching and not all the details of staff conditions on London’s public transport settled, talk of how easy or not it should be to call a strike is often popping up in political [...]
Cameron Johnson

Boris Johnson versus David Cameron: how do the two compare?

My colleagues at MHP Communications have been having a bit of fun with an infographic today:

On Your Bike, Boris!

26 April 2012 ,
Via YouTube: