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‘Labour has reasons to hope again in London. Let’s keep it going’
Labour in London has hope again after devastating local elections. But we need to keep going and invest early if we're to win again.
Lord Len Duvall AM
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‘We can’t get complacent in London: Sadiq faces a difficult path to re-election’
The Conservatives at City Hall showed their true colours last week, voting against the budget of the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and his scheme to feed hungry children a nutritious meal every day at school. We know that free school meals…
Boris Johnson is a failure – on nine counts
Last month marked the halfway point of Boris Johnson’s second term as Mayor of London, and the completion of his sixth year at the helm at City Hall. So it is fitting that LBC is tonight hosting its annual ‘State of London’ debate in which…
No Boris – greed is not good
Last night Mayor of London Boris Johnson addressed the right-wing Centre for Policy Studies and delivered the annual Margaret Thatcher lecture. He could have used this as an opportunity to try and help with the modernisation of his party…
Boris must apologise for grossly offensive Hitler remarks
Last night on Channel 4’s The Last Leg the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: "Not even Hitler used chemical weapons, as far as I can remember," before adding: "Not even Hitler used chemical weapons against allied troops." After the…
Preventing Violence: the lessons from Woolwich
Last month Woolwich caught the world’s attention for all the wrong reasons – the horrific murder of Lee Rigby. This was a calculated act of terror, it was meant to shock, provoke fear and divide communities. I live in Woolwich close to…
Boris Johnson’s latest slander on the people
For a man who evidently views himself as one of his generation’s great statesmen, Boris’ latest slander on the people through his lucrative Daily Telegraph column betrays a worrying tendency to view people’s behaviour through his own…
Labour in London know all about Boris’s strengths and weaknesses
There were two deciding factors in London’s election result in May. Firstly we had a clear demonstration that personality politics can affect big city contests. Secondly, we were reminded of the importance of second preference votes. Under…
“What’s wrong with the London Labour Party” – a response
When Mark Ferguson published his article nobody should have dismissed his remarks out of hand. It required a response from the Labour Party. Many of you know that the Labour Party does not respond to articles like this. Therefore I’m…
Towards 2016
We are disappointed that Ken didn’t win, despite leading in the polls nationally we had a clear demonstration that personality politics can affect big city contests. However, Labour has made significant gains on the London Assembly…
Game on for Labour in London
The London election is neck and neck. It is game on for Labour. We can win this but only if we pull the stops out. For weeks there seem to have been two Mayoral election campaigns. The one you read about in the papers where Labour has been…
A monumental insult to the electorate
For too long the London Mayoral debate has been distracted by a peripheral argument about Ken Livingstone having a company and how he pays his tax. That whole soap opera is a monumental insult to the electorate. It is farcical that an…