Boris Johnson

London mayor Boris Johnson is to stand down as the chairman of Scotland Yard’s governing body.

London mayor Boris Johnson has confirmed he will stand down as chairman of Scotland Yard’s board of governors.

LONDON (Reuters) - Mayor of London Boris Johnson said on Wednesday he would stand down as head of the capital’s police authority, reversing an election pledge that he would personally take charge of the fight against crime.

London mayor Boris Johnson is to stand down as the chairman of Scotland Yard’s governing body.
 

London mayor Boris Johnson will stand down as chairman of Scotland Yard’s board of governors.

I prophesy that in 10 years’ time the UK census will show more adherents of Eywa than there are of Jedi
Dear oh dear – as if there weren’t enough reasons for feeling low. Here we are in the middle of January with the Labour Party still in power, taxes about to go through the roof, [...]

Singer-songwriter and political activist says he is ‘no longer prepared to fund the excessive bonuses of RBS investment bankers’.  Read the story here.
Boris quote on the tax on bank bonuses:  “The Government is doing nothing more than fast-tracking the departure of this talent pool out of Britain”.
Here, with a satirical twist, is Dungeekin with his [...]

It must have been a week ago that the BBC weather forecast got it more than usually wrong. You remember that night when they said there were going to be blizzards in London? They said it was going to be a white-out. The Almighty was going to Tipp-Ex us off the map, they said.
So, at [...]

Thousands of high-earning bankers will flee London because of the Government’s taxation policy, Mayor Boris Johnson has warned.

You think it’s bad out there, eh? You think the roads are hell? Well, all I can say is, just you wait until the thaw. Just wait until the water bursts from those pipes and suddenly the roads will be sprouting orange cones like the crocuses of spring.
No sooner has the snow retreated and the [...]