Boris Johnson

London’s commuters hit by Tube strikes

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:42:32 +0000

Travel disruption in London is expected to continue until Wednesday morning after a 24-hour strike by workers on the Tube.

Tube workers walk out in jobs strike

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:35:15 +0000

London Underground workers started a fresh wave of strikes, threatening travel chaos for days and costing the economy almost £50 million.

Ed Balls: a new slump looms

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:46:48 +0000

It’s no use my telling them, of course, but the People’s Party is on the verge of making a historic mistake. They are about to elect one of the two Miliband brothers as their leader, when neither of these perfectly amiable north London intellectuals has ever said anything memorable about anything. (What is the definition [...]

Millions prepare for Tube strike chaos

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:55:46 +0000

Millions of passengers are preparing for travel chaos because of a strike by London Underground workers in a bitter dispute over jobs.

Buses, bikes and boats to help during tube strike

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:24:15 +0000

Details of a “major effort” to help people get to work during a strike by London Underground workers have been unveiled.

Q: Should Boris return to Parliament?

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:31:05 +0000

A: ……?

We would like to canvass your views.

Lessons in Africa

admin — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:58:33 +0000

Boris returns from Tanzania to conclude that the lady who threw the cat in a wheelie bin should experience a safari camp with a pride of lions

Like all leading moralists of the age, I have spent the past few days brooding incessantly on the lady who threw the cat into the wheelie‑bin.

Unlike my rivals, [...]

Nelson Mandela and the holy quest

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:09:57 +0000

Poor old Dawkins. Poor old Hitchens. You know who I mean: the writers who make a mint with those blockbusters proclaiming that God is dead. They yearn for a human race composed entirely of scientific rationalists, and look at what they get.

You can mock the tenets of Christianity, you can drive people out of churches, [...]

Why does Atatürk Havalimani* have all the money?

admin — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:19:20 +0000

* havalimani : airport Istanbul’s gleaming and expanding airport is a symbol of a nation going places … … Heathrow is not,argues Boris Johnson.— The other night we were filling in time at Istanbul airport, and I was watching an official dart around on one of those new Segway gizmos. Have you seen one? They are extraordinary. It was as though [...]

Mayor launches cycle scheme

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:18:09 +0000

A cycle hire scheme, that more than 9,000 people have already signed up for, will be officially launched later.