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By Darren Rodwell When Barking Labour Party kicked off its campaigning effort against the BNP three years ago, we made a commitment that we would be out every single Saturday. Last weekend it was freezing cold, most roads resembled an ice…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: John Prescott has also posted on Boris Johnson's fare increases, saying the Tories are "waging a class war in which the poor pay 20% more to subsidise Chelsea Porche drivers." As people around the…
By Emily Thornberry MP Boris Johnson's new year fare increase is the clearest indication yet of what is wrong with his administration. He is a mayor with no clear vision for our capital, who nonetheless costs Londoners dear. In the process…
By Alex Smith / @alexsmith1982 UPDATE: Saturday, 19th December. The Evening Standard story appears to be wrong. The TFL website states: "There will be free travel on all journeys from 2345 until 0430 on the Tube, DLR, buses and trams"…
By Andy Slaughter MP / @AndySlaughterMP On the London section of the Politics Show last Sunday Shaun Bailey repeatedly stuck his foot in it on the issue of sewage - as has been picked up on the blogosphere. If you speak to anyone who lives…
By David Green / @ItsDaveGreen Let's admit it: the next election is going to be a tough one to win. This is especially true in London, where there are a number of critical marginals - particularly in outer London, which is prone to…
By Jack Scott / @Jack_Scott On Saturday, the Sheffield Conservatives picked their candidates for the General Election (from 5 men and one woman). The results show just how much further the Conservatives have got to go. Sheffield is the…
By Willie Bain Polling day is getting closer and I intend to end the campaign the way I started it - by getting out and about in Glasgow North East to meet as many people as possible and to tell them what I'm about. I'm not a politician…
By Mary Honeyball MEP The issue of human trafficking was raised this week in the Lords by the independent peer Lady Young. She has led a campaign to close a gap in the law which, she claims, prevents the authorities from dealing effectively…
By Willie Bain Well, it's less than two weeks to go until polling day - time flies when you're having fun. The campaign has been going strong and it's full steam ahead until the 12th of November. This week I've been highlighting how the SNP…
By Simon Fletcher More on this later, but the Standard has the detail of the above-inflation fare increase on London's public transport. It is a vicious attack. A seven-day bus pass will rise an eye-watering 20% from £13.80 to £16.60. Most…
By Simon Fletcher A deputy mayor given suspended prison sentence and community service for fraud...Another appointee resigns from his Olympics post after breaching Financial Services Authority regulations over shareholdings...A deputy mayor…
