Archive for London
Memo to London government: what bears do in woods, birds do in trees
Looks like someone forgot to think about what birds do in trees when it came to locating this bike hire rank at the corner of Northumberland Avenue and Whitehall Place:
Brian Coleman: the secret shrinking violet
It’s not often that Conservative London Assembly Member Brian Coleman comes over as a shy, quiet, introverted man who likes to shun the public spotlight. But I’m sure that’s why he is proposing to ban members of the London Fire Authority from asking him questions at future meetings. Nothing to do with wanting to avoid [...]
Transport for London offers up more data for free
Over the summer we reported the welcome news that Transport for London was making more of its data available for others to reuse: It’s a smart move because it means the emphasis on working out how to make best use of the data shifts from TfL to the wider commercial sector. That means people can [...]
Is the Met’s secret joker now penning words for Boris Johnson?
I only ask, because after the Met Police’s triumphant document that stated it would “Contribute to the step change in the walking experience”, we now have London Major Boris Johnson talking of “my role driving forward the Cyclin...
Executive editor and news editor quit paper in storm over election smears
Trial by Jeory has the story from the contest to be Mayor of Tower Hamlets: [Expelled Labour member turned independent] Lutfur Rahman’s campaign does seem to have galvanised a section of the Tower Hamlets community and many, if not most, are certainly very angry young people who are fuelled by a fair degree of hatred. [...]
Southwark Council tries to ban people talking about what they’ve already talked about
Liberal Democrats in Southwark claim the council is £26 million pounds worse off because of decisions the Labour-run body has taken over a regeneration scheme for Elephant & Castle. This figure has been the subject of political debate, it’s been mentioned in the council, it’s been mentioned in the press and it’s been mentioned online. [...]
London Mayor campaign update: three runners, one clear leader on Facebook
As Helen reported earlier today, there is now a third person publicaly in the running to be the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor – Jeremy Ambache. With his Facebook page having only just gone up, it unsurprisingly only has 4 fans so far at the time of writing. Lembit Opik’s page is continuing to [...]
