Boris Johnson says he snapped up three German water cannon before getting permission to use them on London’s streets because the price was too good to miss.
Alex Thomson
The main parties have been running scared of what Ukip has to say. Hopefully, these election results will encourage a new atmosphere of real debate.
Jon Snow
Britain needs a political leader who is prepared to confront the urban traffic disaster that every day threatens the health – and the lives – of cyclists.
Jon Snow
A paper in a basket, our intriguing nuclear legacy and talking to one’s neighbour: A handful of life-affirming stories from outside the newsroom.
Jon Snow
Globalisation has brought us all many benefits and not a few curses. Which will the biggest mining-commodities merger in history bring us?
Jon Snow
We have known sporting prowess all our lives in every aspect of the game, but it has never before come together like this. In the Olympic ideal we have invested.
Jon Snow
How about raising the congestion charge in London to £100 a day to beat Olympic jams?
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.
Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson tells Gary Gibbon that he will never run for Westminster – or for the party leadership – and that being London Mayor is the best job in politics.
Jon Snow
From a distance the Shard is graceful – a thing of beauty. But up close, it appears to occupy every inch of land in the vicinity. Is its fat base a worthwhile trade off for ‘distant grace’?
Is Ken Livingstone’s proposal to cut London’s transport fares without hitting services plausible? Channel 4 News’ Factcheck investigates.
MPs on the transport committee will say that if ministers continue to face opposition at the southern end of the proposed HS2 line, they ought to think about switching the project round, and start instead in the north, reports Michael Crick.
Riots in London confuse us. They don’t happen often enough for us to have much understanding of them. I am very wary of anyone who claims to know what is really going on.
Jon Snow
OK folks – so there are some teething problems – ‘tis true that when you arrive at Snowblog you find yourself back in January.
Jon Snow
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…