Tag Archives: Boris Johnson

(Graph) Police numbers in London have fallen off a cliff edge since Boris became Mayor

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 17, 2013

2,900 police officers have been cut in London since May 2010, according to new figures released by the Metropolitan Police. Since his re-election in May 2012, Boris Johnson has also cut over 1,300 police officers – despite promising an extra 1,000, the figures show.

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Boris Johnson’s agenda for Europe could be a social and environmental disaster for London

By Guest | Published: May 15, 2013

Boris’s free trade agenda for Europe could be a social and environmental disaster for London and the rest of the UK.

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Boris Johnson: wrong on ‘sloth’, right about management

By James Bloodworth | Published: May 13, 2013

It’s interesting that, in his column for today’s Telegraph, Boris Johnson has cited the German economy as the measuring stick against which Britain should compare itself.

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A mandatory living wage – the debate we need to have

By Guest | Published: May 10, 2013

If we don’t raise wages, control rents or reverse welfare cuts, we are going to completely price low paid workers out of London.

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Is the shine coming off the Boris bandwagon?

By Guest | Published: May 2, 2013

Boris could and should have taken action to stop many of the changes affecting Londoners. Instead many of the decisions he has taken on policing, on tube fares and on housing are beginning to be more vigorously scrutinised and slowly but surely the shine is starting to wear off the Boris bandwagon.

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Air pollution is linked to the early deaths of over 4,000 Londoners a year. It’s time to get serious about traffic reduction

By Guest | Published: April 29, 2013

I have spent more than a decade being told that air pollution is getting better and everything will be okay. Now, the scientists are about to tell everyone who will listen, that it just isn’t true.

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Why has Boris stopped talking about social cleansing?

By Guest | Published: March 30, 2013

The Mayor of London famously stood up to the government in October 2010, warning of “Kosovo-style ethnic cleansing” and promising that this would never happen on his watch.

So why has he suddenly gone silent on the issue?

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Boris Johnson: fears of a clown

By Salman Shaheen | Published: March 26, 2013

The press needs to focus less on Boris the man and more on Boris the Mayor.

If Boris’s case proves anything it is that clownery, like charisma, can prove all too neat a distraction from a politician’s record in office and their policies. This is a dangerous trap for the media and the electorate to fall into.

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More dodgy crime claims from Boris Johnson

By Guest | Published: March 25, 2013

Boris Johnson has released his new Policing Plan today. To mark the occasion he has written about his glorious record at cutting crime in the Daily Telegraph. The problem is that Boris’s record at cutting crime just doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.

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Boris is right: minimum alcohol pricing misses the bigger picture

By James Bloodworth | Published: February 22, 2013

This week Boris Johnson criticised David Cameron for pursuing a minimum alcohol price. Boris was right, minimum pricing does very little to tackle Britain’s drink problem.

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