Jon Snow
Boris, Rivers of Blue and bike docks
Well there I am at 8.05pm last night on my, er, second bike (my first stolen two days ago: £1000 reward), thundering along Theobolds Road talking on my phone…when I hear this booming voice…
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Boris Johnson calls for action on gangs and illiteracy
London Mayor Boris Johnson tells Channel 4 News that last week’s riots are an opportunity to look at gangs, economic regeneration in deprived areas, and the education of young people.
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FactCheck: Does Boris have the right to weigh into the police cuts row?
Boris Johnson got himself in hot water with fellow Conservatives when he bucked the party line on police cuts. But the Mayor of London has already angered opponents over his own record on funding the Met. FactCheck referees.
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FactCheck counts the cost of the riots
It is the police – not insurers – that will have to cover the lion’s share of these costs, FactCheck discovers.
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Londoners hit out at Mayor Boris Johnson
The Mayor of London is heckled by angry Londoners as he picks through the riot-hit streets near Clapham Junction.
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Boris Johnson says immigration cap risks damaging economy
Channel 4 News FactCheck analyses the London Mayor Boris Johnson’s claim that the government’s cap on immigration from outside the EU is putting the economic recovery at risk
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Gary Gibbon
Boris on the Liberal Democrat ‘puffball’
Gary Gibbon blogs on how London mayor Boris Johnson has been targetting the Liberal Democrats
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Gary Gibbon
Dannatt, not champagne, gives Tories the biggest conference hiccup
The fact that Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling, caught off guard by the BBC, misunderstood whose government Dannatt might be joining and dismissed the move as a “gimmick” is the icing on the cake.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson, from EastEnders to Europe
Boris Johnson speaks to a Tory conference in a pickle over Europe and the Lisbon Treaty.
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Jon Snow
Boris's bike escape shows what cyclists put up with
Boris Johnson’s brush with a near-death accident on his bike in London’s Limehouse district (see video below) throws into sharp relief the experience we cyclists endure every working day. I am, like Boris, a jobbing cyclist. I use the machine every working day of my life – to, from, and at work. Several times a…
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Jon Snow
How Boris copped it from Sir Ian Blair
New details have come to light over the spat between Boris Johnson and former Met chief Sir Ian Blair, on the day the London Mayor tries to pick a new top cop for the capital. As you may recall, Blair quit last year saying he could no longer continue in the post “without the support…