The deeply regrettable Tube strike is the legacy of six years of the mayor’s antagonistic stance towards the unions. The plan to close all ticket offices, contradicting a promise made by Johnson during his first election campaign, is a typical piece of bravado that was designed to elicit confrontation. The unions all accept that some […]
February 4, 2014
November 28, 2013
Boris laid bare
Slowly, but surely, as ambition for the bigger platform becomes ever greater, the sheer venality and nastiness of the Boris persona starts to appear more clearly out of the shadows of tomfoolery and buffoonery. He knows that to appeal to the Tory party he has to present himself as a man of the Right and […]
March 1, 2013
It’s Boris the bankers friend
It’s hardly surprising that Boris has got on the wrong side of the bankers’ bonuses debate. His argument, used by all the bankers’ friends, that they would the best brains would all head off for New York, Singapore or Zurich ignores two key points. First, the jobs done by these whizz kids are not actually […]
February 14, 2013
Where’s the beef Boris?
Yet again, Boris announces something when he means the opposite. His grand plan for the world’s strictest emission zone for central London is for so far in the future that the idea is meaningless but meanwhile he has delayed plans to implement stricter controls for lorries and coaches in central London that were due to […]
February 11, 2013
Foxy Boris misses the mark
Boris Johnson’s insatiable desire for publicity leads him to no end of cul de sacs, but by the time he reaches them, no one is watching. The latest example is his outburst about urban foxes following the incident involving a baby losing a finger in an attack. Johnson has called on local councils to consider […]