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Don’t play Games with Greenwich, Lord Coe

23.03.09
THERE comes a point where you can no longer keep saying that black is white and get away with it: a Stephen Byers moment, where someone once taken seriously sets out towards discredit and defeat. For the London Olympics, that moment arrived last week. ... more

Mayor's team 'too busy' on election to vet deputy

11.07.08
Boris Johnson's team failed to vet disgraced deputy mayor Ray Lewis thoroughly because they were focused more on campaigning than on making detailed preparations to run City Hall... more

Aide was link to Central Office and a big hitter

23.06.08
The loss of James McGrath will be a major blow to Boris Johnson... more

Mayor reveals details (and wages) of his key advisers

21.05.08
Boris Johnson has delivered on a key election promise by publishing the details - including salaries - of his senior team of advisers... more

Tories use London takeover as 'dry run' for government

09.05.08
David Cameron is using Boris Johnson's takeover of City Hall as a "dry run" for his own first 100 days in government, the Standard has been told... more

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 just as much real Londoners as those of N1 ... more

Mayor's first Cabinet signing is inspiring black youth worker

06.05.08
Boris Johnson today unveiled the first members of the team that will help him run London... more

From bumbling Boris to natural born winner

02.05.08
Boris Johnson was celebrating after pulling off one of the most spectacular transformations in political history.... more

Comment: battle has been a road test for the party machines

01.05.08
The outcome of the mayoral race is not only a decisive event for the capital: it is the first major clash of Labour under Gordon Brown and the Cameronian Conservatives... more

Boris in secret talks to hire City Hall executives

25.03.08
Tory mayoral candidate Boris Johnson is holding secret talks with potential executives to run City Hall if he defeats Ken Livingstone... more

Comment: Ken's an extraordinary survivor - it will go to the wire

17.03.08
This week sees the official start of the mayoral election campaign. Despite weeks of skirmishing, Ken Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Brian Paddick are still in the foothills of the struggle that lies ahead... more

Clinton campaign manager joins the Paddick team

10.03.08
A senior US political strategist who worked on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has been hired by Brian Paddick... more

Come on, Ken - can't you do better than this?

05.03.08
As a key aide to the Mayor resigns in disgrace, the Livingstone campaign needs to raise its game if he wants to secure a third term... more

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