Dave Hill has a statement from Team Boris on his London: Mayor & more blog further to this story about Boris pulling out of a hustings:
“Boris was never due to attend the event on April 2nd as he had a longstanding engagement to talk to local newspaper editors. We had hoped to take part in [...]

This email from Gordon Thomson, the London editor of Time Out, has passed across my desk.
We were excited and proud to be able to offer you direct access to all four main candidates on one platform, which would give you an opportunity to quiz them in person on their plans for our city.
Disappointingly, Boris [...]

Having been in the ’set’ position for some time now, the starting pistol has fired and the candidates for Mayor are away. Unfortunately, Dave Hill – a blogger that I like and have a lot of time for – makes the mistake of thinking that Boris and Ken are somehow close on policies:
as a battleground [...]

I have described myself in the past as a critical friend of the BBC. I find it really very annoying when Auntie Beeb can’t be bothered to do its research. Indeed, the BBC News website says that Ken, should he be re-elected, will not be ordering any new bendy buses. That much is true; what [...]

Scene 1, in which Mr Johnson says he will fund PCSOs with £20m from TfL’s budget
Scene 2, in which Mr Johnson tells The House of Commons and The Prime Minister of his clever plan
Scene 3, in which Mr Livingstone tells Mr Johnson that the £20m in question isn’t in the TfL budget
Scene 4, in which [...]

…was the little matter of PMQs. There was a slight set-to over the election for Mayor of London. Emily Thornberry, the MP for Islington South, asked the PM about transport in London; his answer highlighted Boris Johnson’s failure of accounting over conductors:
Bus usage in London is at its highest level since 1965. In other words, [...]

A press release has come from Boris Johnson about the buses. This great, analytical missive runs:
Responding to London’s Transport Commissioner, who today stated that buses in London are safe, Conservative Candidate for Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said:
“So City Hall says buses are safe places? You tell that to the people who have to travel [...]

I was able to interview Ken Livingstone this morning following the launch of his transport manifesto. Unfortunately, announcements kept coming over the tannoy, hence the odd cutting and jumping.Dave Hill also spoke with Ken, and his interview is available here along with thoughts on the Mayor’s transport manifesto here. There is more on [...]

A recurring theme of late is honesty in politics or, rather, the lack thereof. Politicians want to appear as straight-talking but frequently are not. Three things have struck me on this today.
Brian Paddick, the Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London. As the Evening Standard reports, he has said that the Underground is the most [...]

Boris Johnson launched his transport manifesto yesterday. You can read the press release as a on his website or, indeed, the full manifesto for transport. In places, it is quite surreal. The accusations of Ken’s transport policy being weighted excessively heavily towards zone one don’t stack up. Certainly, the congestion charge lies within zone one, [...]