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A beacon of hope and a fight for survival

04.07.08

Boris Johnson is facing his first crisis as London mayor with the allegations of financial irregularities against his new deputy, Ray Lewis

Whatever you do - don't renege on the Routemaster

03.07.08

Abolishing the bendy bus is about more than just transport. It is about abandoning a public-service ethos that valued technocrats over the people they...
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Welcome to the court of King Newt

02.07.08

Ken Livingstone is plotting his political comeback from a small north London office, even answering his own telephone

Courts don't need all these secret witnesses

30.06.08

As the Government and Opposition fall over each other in their haste to protect anonymous witnesses in criminal trials, The most important question...
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Why Labour can't keep playing the racism card

26.06.08

The resignation of a top mayoral aide has led to howls of 'we told you so' by Ken's supporters. But while a strong opposition is vital, they should...
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Scale down the Games - and we'll all be winners

19.06.08

The rising bill for 2012 is a strain on the new Mayor's budget. Cut out the extravagances and sideshows - and give us the new austerity Olympics, says...
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How Boris can save an easy Ł500m

16.06.08

In the first of a new series we investigate what is right and wrong about the way London is run - and what the new Mayor can do to correct the...
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We should be happy to stay in the EU slow lane

16.06.08

The Irish "No" to the Lisbon treaty came, paradoxically, because the EU can't take no for an answer

Think small, Boris - and you'll change people's lives

12.06.08

Boris Johnson must remember that the GLA is young and there is great scope for change, says Andrew Gilligan

The vanity projects that the Mayor must kill off

09.06.08

To avoid the inevitable charge that Boris is dismantling the public services, the utter worthlessness of the projects that need to be culled must be...
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One thing is sure: 42 days solves nothing

05.06.08

Six weeks detention without charge will have a significant effect on liberty - and none whatsoever on terrorism. So why is the Government pursuing...
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Our greed, not Gordon, has got us in this mess

02.06.08

The country hasn' t changed much in the three weeks I've been away from Britain. But the newspapers seem to have been admitted to intensive care,...
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The gaping hole in the middle of Ken's thinking

08.05.08

Ken claims he was the victim of doughnut city, whereby London's inner core was betrayed by the Tory suburbs. But the people of Ilford and Hayes are...
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The booby traps waiting for Boris

06.05.08

How the new Mayor deals with Met chief Sir Ian Blair and TfL boss Peter Hendy - and other key members of the old Team Ken - will determine the success...
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Tired old Ken deserves a permanent holiday

01.05.08

Mr Livingstone promotes his 'father of the city' image but, after two terms, it is time for the energy, vision and fresh ideas of Boris Johnson

Chief of police authority has weapon conviction

30.04.08

The chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority has a criminal conviction for carrying an offensive weapon

I'll work for Boris as sports adviser says Labour MP... to her party's fury

29.04.08

Former sports minister Kate Hoey has declared she will act as an adviser to Boris Johnson if he becomes Mayor

The great Olympic 'con' - paid for by us

28.04.08

The mayoral election's endless, deadly "hustings" are modern London's equivalent of the Stations of the Cross

Labour accused of dirty tricks over 'threat to Freedom Pass'

28.04.08

Labour faced claims of "dirty tricks" as it was revealed it is claiming that the Freedom Pass travel card for over-Sixties is under threat from the...
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Livingstone did cover up fare rises, say advisers

25.04.08

Ken Livingstone's top advisers agreed that the Mayor misled Londoners when he denied planning big post-election bus and Tube fare increases - and...
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