You can read them in full, with the logic behind them, on Liberal Conspiracy. One: Livingstone Has Better Policies Two: Livingstone Has Made The Best Joke Three: Brian Paddick & His Partner Four: Livingstone Is A Better Politician Five: London Needs To Be Bossed From The CentreSix: Livingstone Is A Better Leader Seven: The Evening [...]

Boris Johnson’s campaign has announced a new supporter, specialising in transport: Brian Cooke. Mr Cooke is the chair1 of London TravelWatch and has just been unveiled as a backer to bring some gravitas to Mr Johnson’s campaign. The Johnson campaigned issued a press release that you can read here. Unfortunately, you can’t read it on [...]

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Foreign Policy’s list of one hundred leading, public intellectuals is causing some controversy. We should be grateful that this list has been compiled and that the competition is being promoted by Foreign Policy rather than one of the TV networks. Graham Norton or – heaven forfend! – Jimmy Carr would have been Channel Four’s preferred [...]

I caught the last few seconds of Newsnight Review to see a picture of Humphrey Lyttleton and my heart sank. It turned out that he died this evening at seven o’ clock. Humph and ISIHAC hold a special attraction for me. I first discovered Humphrey Lyttelton where I would probably hear him most often; in [...]

Norm Geras (not to mention Simon Thomas and a Random Jotter) are trying to do an A to Z of books they’ve read. Here’s my effort: a – Jorge Amado – Gabriela, Cravo e Canela b – Ray Bradbury – Fahrenheit 451 c – Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness d – JP Donleavy – [...]

Take a look at the London Election Cinema at londonvids.com. There are a few YouTube videos that are worth watching. It’s being organised by Alex Hilton of Labour Home and Recess Monkey. xD.

The twenty-third of April is traditionally the feast day of Saint George. Saint George was a Christian from Anatolia, then a Greek-speaking part of the Roman Empire but now part of Turkey. He is the patron saint of many countries, but veneration of him in England goes back at least to the ninth century, the [...]

The Stonewall hustings took place on Saturday morning. Dave Hill has kindly provided an MP3 and selected video clips. I recommend listening to the whole debate as it is rather good and there is some genuine interplay between the candidates who attended – Sian Berry, Lindsay German, Brian Paddick, Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone – [...]

Here’s a little video about fear for Mr Johnson. I can only assume that it is a combination of his uncertainty about his own policies, dubious mathematics, demonstrably poor knowledge of and interest in London prior to his campaign and woeful history of offence and unpleasantness coupled with a set of minders who are worried [...]