Posts Tagged ‘boris johnson’

Morag Lyall: “I am a Tory”.

By Morag Lyall • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Read This

London’s political pendulum has swung right back into the Conservative Party’s favour. But still, says Morag Lyall, being a Young Tory in a city dominated by a liberal youth comes with a(n) (un)fair share of grief.


Morag Lyall hates drinking on the tube

By Morag Lyall • Aug 8th, 2008 • Category: Blogs, Morag Lyall

“It has now been two months since Boris Jonson banned drinking alcohol on the Underground. My question now, is anyone missing it?…”


Booze ban hitting an Off-licence near you

By Kate Livesey • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: News

Although young adults are legally allowed to buy drink at the age of 18, Boris Johnson thinks a U.S. styled 21 and over system would combat the “huge” problem of binge drinking in the capital.



Islington’s knife crime protest

By Tom Howard • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: News

As a reaction to the murder of 16-year-old Ben Kinsella this weekend, hundreds of people gathered outside Islington town hall today to protest the growing numbers of knife crimes occurring in London.



A breath of fetid air

By Kate Livesey • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: News

It was revealed today that the Government has failed to reduce the level of potentially lethal air pollution. A group of MP’s say the pollution levels in areas of central London exceed EU recommendations by 100 per cent.



Boris Moronicus

By Chris Lo • Jun 5th, 2008 • Category: News

Boris Johnson, the elected official responsible for leading the fight against knife crime and gang-related murders in London, recently stated that teaching Latin in schools could have a major impact on youth violence. Oh, and ancient Greek too.
In a speech that seems like another example of how breathtakingly out of touch he is with London’s [...]



Party on the Circle Line will give you the spins

By Kate Livesey • May 31st, 2008 • Category: News

There are more than 7,000 “confirmed guests” for a massive Underground booze-up to mark the last day of legal drinking on the Tube. The party, which has been arranged by various social networking sites like Facebook and Wadja, will start tonight at Liverpool Street station.
Attendees of “London Underground’s Last-Ever Party” are encouraged to dress up [...]



A tale of two cities

By Kate Livesey • May 9th, 2008 • Category: News

Mr Johnson welcomed Mr. Bloomberg to City Hall this morning. The two posed briefly on the balcony, overlooking London for the contrived “photo op” before running inside to exchange gifts.



Pete’s out, and order is restored

By Tom Howard • May 7th, 2008 • Category: News

Pete Doherty was released from jail yesterday morning, in a move that was almost certainly a reaction from the Government to Boris Johnson becoming London mayor.



Feeling the peach!

By Caomhan Keane • May 6th, 2008 • Category: News

Londoners favourite Boris Johnson has pledged to make London a safer place following his whipping of Red Ken in the mayoral elections. Perhaps he should start with celeb spawn Peaches Geldof - who appears to have been on a one woman rampage of late.
First of all it has emerged that the knob jockey, excuse me, [...]