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Tag Archives: boris johnson
Peace Through Sport
July 16, 2012 – 5:00 pm
Security for the Olympics has not been compromised by the failure of G4S to recruit enough security staff, London 2012 chairman Lord Coe has said. It emerged last Wednesday that 3,500 troops were being drafted in to plug gaps in staff provision. “We will work very hard, we will remedy this – security will not […]
‘If Jews move into our street, house prices will go down’
April 25, 2012 – 9:13 pm
Sounds like a Daily Mail reader, nicht wahr? The obsession with property values, the casual racism, the little-Englander mentality. Except the ethnic group is wrong. These days, people would likely love the thought of Jews moving in next door. They’ll look after the property, mow the lawn, always make sure the car is put away and […]
One doesn’t or, jam and ‘Jerusalem’ all round, I think…
April 17, 2012 – 8:04 pm
Not in Britain you don’t, no: It was the moment that conservative Christian groups’ growing stridency in the British political arena went too far, at least for Boris Johnson. On Thursday evening the London mayor gave the clearest sign yet that radical religion and politics still do not mix in the UK when he slapped an almost instant ban on […]
Route Rat
December 18, 2011 – 3:27 am
London tourists got something of a surprise on Friday – Boris Johnson delightedly gurning from the open rear platform of the capital’s new double-decker bus. The mayor’s manifesto pledge to erase the practical yet unloved bendy bus and restore the alleged freedom of the Routemaster’s open entrance has – in part – finally been delivered. […]
Panic on the Streets of London
August 11, 2011 – 2:09 am
And that’s just the Mayor… I was watching the TV news in the Canadian town of Calgary last night as I waited to catch a plane, and as the images of a blazing London filled the screen I felt a series of emotions. I felt a sickening sense of incredulity that this could really be […]
To Plate the King
July 31, 2011 – 12:04 am
Good News: Part 3 will probably be postponed until the official enquiry or criminal prosecutions – whichever comes first.
‘Get off my lawn’
April 19, 2011 – 5:40 am
Having put an A in the bank for my Roman law essay, and being so lazy (and weighed down with preparing for Faculty of Advocates exams) that I don’t have another blog post to hand, I thought I’d share the essay with our regulars. As people who’ve been reading my stuff since I used to […]
Lion, hides Zion. Starts Cryin’
March 6, 2011 – 4:15 am
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has dismissed Iran’s claims that the logo for the London 2012 Games is “racist”. Iran could boycott the event after claiming the emblem resembles the word “Zion” – a biblical term for Jerusalem. Iranian officials wrote to the IOC to highlight the perceived link. Rogge told BBC Sport: “No, […]
Future Imperfect
November 12, 2010 – 12:45 am
Policing of Wednesday’s student protest “did not go to plan” but the violence that flared was down to a “hardcore” minority, the police minister has said. Nick Herbert told MPs police would learn lessons after 41 officers were injured when a section of demonstrators stormed the Conservative party HQ. The prime minister has also condemned […]