London Mayor Boris Johnson

'The Blessed Sponge Of Amnesia Has Wiped The Slate'

PA | Posted 15.04.2013 | UK

London Mayor Boris Johnson has admitted frittering away his student years "fooling around", but said he hoped his "embarrassing" antics with the Bulli...

Just Plain 'Boris'

Bonnie Greer | Posted 20.05.2013 | UK Politics
Bonnie Greer

The Mayor of London is a brand, one of the reasons that he is simply "Boris". One name and pop! we get the entire picture. And the picture is indeed writ large. Like something out of an international Dickens fantasy...

Going Soft on Rough Sleepers?

Dave Clements | Posted 03.03.2013 | UK Politics
Dave Clements

Instead of focusing its efforts on the 'vulnerable' margins none too effectively, the mayor and the government need to build - or else create the conditions whereby others build - more houses to meet the historically massive shortfall.

How a By-Election Proves State Regulation of the Press is WRONG

Neil Wallis | Posted 27.01.2013 | UK Politics
Neil Wallis

IF they succeed MPs will get the press they want - supine, acquiescent, unquestioning and dull like in state regulated France - rather than the impertinent, rude, awkward, partisan, iconoclastic press they absolutely deserve.

Is Johnson Any Closer To Pushing Through 'Boris Island' Airport?

PA | Posted 13.11.2012 | UK

London mayor Boris Johnson took his case for a "Boris Island" Thames estuary airport scheme on Tuesday to the man charged with reviewing government av...

What Price on London's Heritage?

Nicky Gavron | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK Politics
Nicky Gavron

The redevelopment of London's historic Spitalfields Fruit and Wool Exchange is a loss to London socially and culturally, but also to its economy.

Who Are They Kidding?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 29.09.2012 | UK

Boris Johnson will have lunch with David Cameron at Chequers on Sunday in the wake of a series of clashes. The Prime Minister is understood to have...

Boris: 'We Don't Believe In Selling Off Playing Fields'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.08.2012 | UK Politics

Boris Johnson has insisted that protecting school playing fields is vital for the health of young people today. The mayor of London said the policy...

Theresa May: Name And Shame Under 18s Guilty Of Riot Related Offences

Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 14.10.2011 | UK Politics

Home secretary Theresa May has outlined the government's new tough approach to disorder, saying that under-18s guilty of riot related offences should ...