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No Minister - why tycoons like Lord Sugar just can't cut it in politics

05.11.09
This week in New York, Michael Bloomberg won a third term as mayor. Here, the man who most Londoners would want to challenge Boris Johnson has put his foot in it... more

Ken isn't at home with Boris's housing 'disaster'

29.05.09
Don't you feel bad? We don't have Ken - we've got Boris." That was the conclusion of a fan of the ex-Mayor of London after Livingstone raised the spirits of 300 architects gathered on Wednesday evening in the arched splendour of the Caesar Pelli-designed East Wintergarden at Canary Wharf. ... more

Let’s spring forward into permanent happiness

30.03.09
OVERNIGHT, for almost everyone, life has suddenly got better. No, no need to check the name on the column - it's still me. I haven't had a compulsory brain transplant from Hazel Blears or even a free delivery of state-subsidised porn. ... more

Take the Forbes Rich List with a big dose of salt

13.03.09
The annual Forbes list of the richest people in the world is published and it is treated as gospel. Yet closer examination reveals all manner of imperfections... more

Prophecy of doom that bore fruit in Gaza

12.01.09
What's happening in Gaza is, of course, a humanitarian tragedy for the Palestinians; but it is also a political tragedy for both Arab and Jew... more

Inflation link to rail fare rises 'must be ditched'

02.01.09
Ministers are facing mounting pressure to scrap inflation-linked rail fare increases... more

Beginning of the end for bendy bus

19.12.08
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A simple, practical plan to do what can be done

20.11.08
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Join with me in the battle of Trafalgar Square

07.11.08
To the National Gallery to see the Titian for which we must amass a duke's ransom by Christmas - so reads my diary...... more

Ignore the bleatings of the bendy bus brigade

27.10.08
Following the brilliant success of its efforts to defend Lee Jasper, LDA croynism and Ian Blair, the London Left has hit on yet another sure-fire electoral winner... more

Give us back our right to roam in London, Boris

15.08.08
The Mayor's decision not to pedestrianise Parliament Square is a missed opportunity. Now he should make amends elsewhere in the capital... more

Boris should play hardball with Bob Crow

12.08.08
The Tube unions certainly don't try hard to make friends. The threat this week of a series of different stoppages on the Underground suggests the stage is being prepared for a stand-off between the unions and Boris Johnson, who has promised a no-strike agreement... more

Your first job is to keep London moving, Boris

11.08.08
After 100 days in office, the Mayor finds congestion is as bad as ever. But if he is to break the gridlock, he must first resist the car lobby, says one transport expert ... more

Boris, beware the battle of the egos

05.08.08
The new Mayor has assembled a strong team. Now, on the eve of his first 100 days, he needs to find a way to bring out the best in them but make clear who is in charge ... more

It's not just what the LDA did but what it failed to do

17.07.08
Now the inquiry into the LDA funding scandal is over, the agency can return to its core purpose - awarding grants to groups that help children and adults who need them most... more

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... more

Don't pull the plug on our Tube's future, Gordon

20.05.08
To fund Crossrail and the Olympics, the Government may consider scaling back on a much-needed overhaul of the Underground system, warns one transport expert... more

So farewell to Ken's cappuccino fiefdom

06.05.08
So, having prevaricated until the 11th hour over whom I would cast my first preference for, I caved in, in the booth, and gave Ken my vote... more

I've got more faith in Mystic Meg than in our pollsters

30.04.08
Boris is ahead by a mile. No, it's neck and neck. Livingstone can do it. Don't be ridiculous. The Lib-Dems are in freefall. Wait a minute, they're bouncing back... more

Don't throw away your second vote for Mayor

14.04.08
One thing has been clear from the start in the contradictory and confusing Mayoral opinion polls - most Londoners simply do not understand how the voting system works... more

In the race for Mayor, let's all vote for the trees

04.04.08
Ronald Reagan once said that trees cause more pollution than automobiles do. Some wag responded by putting up signs on trees, begging "Cut me down before I kill again"... more

Election Diary

01.04.08
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All dragged up, nowhere to go

04.01.07
Jenny Livingstone's documentary Paris Is Burning is not about Paris or burning but observes and interviews the New York drag queens who compete in "voguing" balls.... more

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