From story.chicagochronicle.com
()
Source: Getty Images
London mayor Boris Johnson will attempt to draw a line under the bitter departure of architectural adviser Richard Rogers by appointing Tate boss Nicholas Serota in his place.
- Arts Council England chair blasts political interference (guardian.co.uk)
- London Mayor Boris Johnson cycles to woman's rescue (belfasttelegraph.co.uk)
- London Mayor Boris Johnson saves woman from gang of muggers... (freerepublic.com)
Helene Mulholland:Boris Johnson will today come under fire over his decision to use taxpayers' money to underwrite losses for a key London event despite financial pressures at his economic agency.The mayor's director of marketing, Dan Ritterband, has been called by the London assembly's budget and performance committee to explain the mayor's decision to pour so much money into the event as well as to bypass the tendering process and award the...
From guardian.co.uk
()
- Boris ruffles his colleagues' feathers on tax (samizdata.net)
I recently reported on Camden New Journal's account of Mayor Johnson's celebrated and highly commendable rescue of Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong from a group of aspiring young muggers. This had interested me because it contradicted every other account of the event in saying that Armstrong's assailants were boys, not girls. CNJ even quoted Armstrong saying so:"I was minding my own business, sending a text, when I heard three boys...
From guardian.co.uk
()
- "Let Them Eat Cake," Boris Taunts The French (z.about.com)
- Boris Johnson rescue of Franny Armstrong satirised (guardian.co.uk)
- Boris Johnson rides to woman's rescue (news.google.co.uk)
Mayor Johnson held his third statutory People's Question Time on Monday night along with the massed ranks of assmbly members. I wasn't there, but Tory group leader Roger Evans was:The venue was the O2 Academy in Brixton, more often the scene of concerts and sell out music performances. The room was so large that it was difficult to see people at the back and the acoustics on stage were truly awful. We were reduced to lip reading colleagues on...
From guardian.co.uk
()
- Boris Johnson: "Knight on a shining bicycle" (blog.foreignpolicy.com)
London's Mayor Boris Johnson went to the rescue of a woman being attacked by a group of young girls, chasing them down the street even though one had brandished an iron bar, it has been revealed. Related StoriesPostal union to sue over hiring of casual labourLet my baby die, says motherVideo: Surfers ride artificial reefChristmas stamps celebrate stained-glass art
More perspectives...
From independent.co.uk
()
Some things I would never lie about. Neither would the Press Association:London's Mayor Boris Johnson went to the rescue of a woman being attacked by a group of young girls, chasing them down the street even though one had brandished an iron bar...How's that for you so far? It gets better.Documentary film-maker and climate change activist Franny Armstrong was walking home in Camden, north London last night when she was surrounded by a group of...
From guardian.co.uk
()
- Superhero Boris Saves Woman From A Sticky End (londonist.com)
(Ann "Babe" Huggett) - London's flamboyant, bike-commuting mayor, Boris Johnson, did something rather extraordinary earlier this week in that criminal paradise known as the UK where self-defense and "have-a-go heroes" face prosecution for stopping crimes before the police can get there purposely too late in order to just have to fill out paperwork. In the UK, where everyone basically quails before the whims of the violent, Boris Johnson...
More perspectives...
From renewamerica.us
()
Filmmaker Franny Armstrong tweeted last night: "Was getting attacked by feral kids with an iron bar on the streets of Camden tonight, when Boris Johnson cycled by & saved me. True story."Here's the dope: Boris Johnson, who regularly bikes to and from the office, was Just Riding Along when he heard a cry for help from Franny Armstrong. Some teenagers were threatening Armstrong with an iron pipe. Johnson chased the girls away, then escorted Ms...
More perspectives...
From blogger.com
()
If anyone needed reminding that the RPI+1 formula used in recent years by TfL as a financial planning assumption has been precisely that and therefore no reliable guide to the setting of public transport fares, then Mayor Johnson's new package will have served the purpose well. Had RPI+1 been applied to yer actual, real fares, they'd have risen only fractionally if at all. Let's turn to Robert Wright of the FT for confirmation of how...
More perspectives...
From guardian.co.uk
()
Valerie Shawross has received some interesting answers to a question about the anticipated costs of certain TfL projects under Mayor Johnson. Here's one of them, about abolishing the WEZ:Initial costs including legal costs, public information, and physical works to remove the scheme - amount to around £5m. Ongoing reductions in net income amount to some £70m per year from a projected average net income of £145-175m per year.Health warning: the...
More perspectives...
From guardian.co.uk
()
