Matt Frei
David v David on the Letterman Show
The Prime Minister got a c minus for his quiz. He confessed – in jest – that the grilling might spell the end of his career. Matt Frei on David Cameron on Letterman.
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Ken Clarke: Boris should get ‘nose to the grindstone’
Exclusive: Boris Johnson must settle down and deliver if he wants to be prime minister – so says Ken Clarke, in conversation with Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon.
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Matt Frei
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Zero to hero Hunt?
Jeremy Hunt is the big winner from the reshuffle. But the move from culture to health will prompt head scratching from those who thought the Murdoch scandal had cut short his political life.
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FactCheck: Boris wrong on apprentices
Apprenticeships went up by 75 per cent in London from 2005/06 to 2010/11 for under-19s and by nearly 30,000 per cent for over-25s.
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FactCheck: Boris’s police promise unzipped
“So Boris has failed to honour one of his manifesto promises, and he’s missed by more than 700 bobbies, according to these statistics.”
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FactCheck: Raining on London Mayor’s Olympics parade
Boris Johnson claims to have statistics showing it rains more in Rome than in London. It’s a shame he can’t pass them on to FactCheck.
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FactCheck: Boris Johnson and the Olympic rings of truth
“Yes, there are Olympic virtues. No they’re not the ones Boris Johnson – in his finest rhetorical mode – listed. And no, they’re nothing to do with the rings.”
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Boris Johnson wins London mayoral race
Boris Johnson beats Ken Livingstone in the London mayoral election, with the defeated Labour candidate conceding “this is my last election”. Jenny Jones finishes third for the Greens.
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FactCheck: Why Labour won’t win the next general election…probably
“His best predictions at time of writing are that Labour would win 34.04 per cent of the vote in the next general election, but the Conservatives would still be ahead on 36.59 per cent.”
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Gary Gibbon
Labour on the march? Or Tories staying at home?
Channel 4 News Political Editor Gary Gibbon analyses the local election results.
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London Mayor election: FactCheck round-up on Boris v Ken
There have been tears, laughter, and the odd stray F-word. The London mayoral race has been high on emotion and more than usually bad-tempered. Boris Johnson has been slightly more careful with his facts, choosing to deal in aspirations rather than promises. Ken Livingstone has made some extravagant claims which have landed him in hot water. Here’s the verdict from FactCheck HQ on a very irritable election.
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Michael Crick
On the stump with Boris and Ken
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on the Lomdon mayoral elections.
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FactCheck: Ken v Boris on affordable housing
As the bitter battle for London’s City Hall rumbles on, Ken Livingstone threw in an old claim about affordable housing. But was it a good one? Team Boris didn’t think so. Pinging an email through to FactCheck, Boris’ camp labelled Mr Livingstone’s statement as a “false claim”. They added: “The London Development Database reports that there were actually 2,240 affordable starts over the same six month figures (April and September 2011)”. Who’s right? FactCheck homes in.
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FactCheck: Does UKIP’s manifesto for London stand-up?
How many of UKIP’s manifesto pledges could Lawrence Webb actually force through it he was to become Mayor of London? FactCheck puts a selection to the test.
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FactCheck: TfL’s abandoned pledge on Tube access for the disabled
In 2006, Transport for London promised: “One third of Tube stations will have step-free access by 2013 and will, if possible, accelerate accessibility works ahead of the 2012 Olympics”. How did they get on? FactCheck dons its hard hat.
