The last Mayor’s Question Time of this Mayoral term yesterday was a bad tempered tribal affair. Londonist reports. Liberal Conspiracy are detecting a lack of the Tory brand on Mayor Johnson’s campaign material. Some Tories are becoming a bit jittery about their candidate. London Daily News. Meanwhile Snipe’s Adam Bienkov is skeptical about […]
If ever there was a place for a tasteful encounter… this may not be it.
Dave Hill is looking for your ideas for London on the environment. In Lewisham they’ve been out on the streets campaigning against chewing gum. Here photos to prove it. Hackney’s gum campaign is a little more refined, as you might expect. Hugh Muir in the Guardian has been talking about […]
There are some truly great shop names in London. Tickle Me in Brockley is one of my favourites (for all your jerked beef needs). Well, it just seems inspired that someone decided to set up an, ever so slightly dingy, fish and chip place and call it a fishcoteque. Glorious.
Today’s Evening Standard has a surprising double page spread. Entitled “Never too young to avoid tax” it gives us helpful advice on how to reduce our tax bills through the use of a JISA. To think it’s just days since the paper was condemning Ken Livingstone for (legally) reducing his […]
And to think that just three weeks ago it was all snow pictures and tube closures – now we get to move into sunny images of happy people relaxing in London’s parks. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Round London Residents near the Olympics will have to apply for expensive parking permits or risk fines. Evening Standard. Apparently the Met Police are saying there will be no Olympics protests. Random Blowe investigates. Mrs Angry has a round up of the news from Barnet. In addition Citizen Barnet has […]
It appears that Wilson is a nut. Quite who Wilson is or what he/she has done to earn the title I’m not entirely sure.
The Guardian on the “crappy suits” threat to Saville Row. There are free energy audits for residents in Waterloo. SE1 On Wembley Matters they are musing that residents are a touch fed up of the Lib Dem ‘paper mountain’. There’s some interesting stats on public opinion on Occupy St Paul’s […]
This is one corner of Camden that’s regularly graffiti-ed. There’s often a creative stencil or phrase on the corner next to council offices but today it appears to have leveled up. This piece of work made from coins is a welcome bit of creativity.
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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