Jemima Khan’s interview with Boris Johnson for this week’s New Statesman is subtly devastating. The incumbent Tory Mayor is evasive, tetchy and unable to convey basic facts. But buried in that interview is an attack on Irish Londoners that symbolises his arrogant out-of-touch style. Jemima Khan reports: “I’ll tell you what makes me angry – lefty crap,” [Boris Johnson] thunders in response. Like? “Well, like spending £20,000 on a dinner at the Dorchester for Sinn Féin!” This is a reference [...]
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Quote of the day: Miliband wants PMQs reform
According to the Guardian: “I find the Westminster village gets much more excited about it than the population, I believe. I don’t know how to change it so I’m not going to make false promises about changing it but I would love to change...
Shadow cabinet rankings – January 2012
Which shadow cabinet members are most popular with LabourList readers? Our latest shadow cabinet league table sees Andy Burnham top the table, squeezing out Yvette Cooper and Tom Watson in a revised top three. Ed Balls however seems to have suffered a...
“Relatively few Londoners use London transport” claims senior Tory
A quite remarkable statement today from Tory AM Tony Arbour – picked up by the excellent Adam Bienkov: “It is a fact is it not that relatively few Londoners use London transport in any way? Most people don’t use London transport with...
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Comment
Is there a thin blue line for the new Police and Crime Commissioners?
The process to select candidates for the new Police Crime Commissioners is underway. The Labour Party NEC will be long-listing at the end of February. The Liberal Democrats have, I understand, said that they do not intend to field candidates from a nationally...
Abu Qatada: what Yvette Cooper should be saying, but isn’t
The European Court of Human Rights is preventing Britain from deporting the radical Muslim preacher, Abu Qatada, to his native Jordan on the grounds that he would not get a fair trial there if, as is likely, much of the evidence against him would have...
Twitter is great – but it’s no doorstep
I love Twitter. I love the instant reaction to whatever is happening in the world. I love the silly jokes and memes . I love the people I talk to regularly from all over the UK and the genuine sense of community that is built up. I’m a long-time advocate...
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Video
Another Lembit video
Earlier this week we brought you the internet sensation that is “Pop Lembit”. But as we all know Lembit has always been an extrovert, and it turns out he has something in his back catalogue...
Give them a voice
Today Ken Livingstone has released the following video as part of his crime campaign:
Lembit Opik – Pop star?
Is it wrong that I think that this tune is actually quite good? As for the video…the less said the better. But it’s better than this one. Update: Opik tells Ruth Barnett of Sky News: “The...
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