kimbofo (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
I woke up on Saturday morning and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Unfortunately my prediction came true: London mayor Ken Livingstone was ousted by Boris Johnson. Be afraid, be very afraid.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Boris Johnson today made his first appointment since he became mayor of London, recruiting former prison governor Ray Lewis as deputy mayor for young people.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Talksport host James Whale is fired after urging listeners to vote for London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
Boris Johnson officially takes over from Ken Livingstone as London's mayor after winning Thursday's election.
ConservativeHome (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Dan Hannan MEP on Platform: Four pro-EU "Charities" got £34,597,219.16 last year Local government: Wakefield's Cllr Mike Walker explains how he turned wards run by Labour for 26 years into Tory wards with four figure majorities Boris Johnson's mayoralty begins...
grumblemag (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
A holiday weekend - to celebrate International Worker's Day, Skywalker Day* or Cinco de Mayo , I'm not sure, but a holiday anyway. It began with the discovery that it had, indeed, all gone horribly wrong . However, I will wait and see, as most of the actual policies are the same, or for things that have been tried already (so I hope my tax pounds don't get wasted trying again) and I don't think Boris...
The F-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Talksport DJ James Whale has been sacked from his job for telling his listeners to vote for Boris Johnson. Apparently this constitutes a breach of the impartiality laws, who knew!? Now I had the joy of working with Mr Whale...
The Rosemont Loving (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
I have to say that this weekend for all purposes was perhaps the best I’ve had this year, and perhaps even for longer than that. I moved house to a great area, I went to a wedding of a close friend and his beautiful wife and, of course, Boris Johnson became London Mayor. Perhaps I’m [...]
Londonist (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
You may have noticed that not every element of London's media was truly fair and balanced in their coverage of the Race for City Hall. Chickens, you may commence roosting: one of Boris' bandwagon-jumpers has been given his marching orders for encouraging people to vote for our new Conservative chieftain. Talksport's James Whale has been sacked after breaching Ofcom rules that ban presenters from showing...
Cruella-blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Talksport DJ James Whale has been sacked from his job for telling his listeners to vote for Boris Johnson . Apparently this constitutes a breach of the impartiality laws, who knew!? Now I had the joy of working with Mr Whale a couple of years ago on a rather low budget panel show called Where In The World? which is still occasionally shown on SkyTV's Overseas Property channel. Two things I remember:...
THE WILTED ROSE (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
It is outrageous that Talksport has sacked James Whale for urging voters to back Boris. This would not have happened had he or someone else said ‘vote Ken', and a lot of broadcasters have basically been suggesting ‘vote Labour’ for years and show political bias, e.g. the BBC worldview. It may be a breach of the Ofcom rules, [...]
