Poor News: London Mayor Boris Johnson has put forward plans to build a new London airport in the Thames Estuary on ‘the shattered bodies of the poor and unemployed’. If his plans are passed by the Government, jobless Londoners – and those who earn under a certain amount each year – will be escorted onto a high speed train to Kent, taken to the site in the estuary and invited to lie... 

With Olympic fever in the air – time to reflect back on Mayor Johnson’s role in the England vs Germany: The Legends game, at Madejski Stadium. Coming on as an “super sub”, he used his bulk to floor Germany’s Maurizio Gaudino in a rugby-style tackle. “I’m a rugby player really and I knew I was going to get to him and when he was about two yards away I just put... 

Arts News: As part of the restructuring of Britain’s arts funding, and to provide an additional revenue stream for next year’s Olympics, the government unveiled a coffee and snacks machine on the fourth plinth yesterday that will stay there “for the forseeable future”. The machine, which will be accessible by rope ladder, will dispense hot and cold beverages, chocolate bars... 

UK NEWS: In a shock extension of his claim that proposed Housing Benefits cuts would lead to “Kosovo style social cleansing,” of the capital, Mayor Boris Johnson has outlined what he calls his “nightmare vision,” of a city where no one is poor. “Like the ravens in the Tower, policeman’s helmets and red buses, poor people are a vital part of London’s heritage,” said Johnson, “and I... 

They had worked tirelessly to keep it a secret, but the scaffolding came down yesterday evening as Boris Johnson unveiled the shocking new face of London`s most famous landmark: Big Ben has gone digital. Sources from inside the Mayor’s office have revealed that the London congestion charge will be increased to £20 next month in order to subsidize the costly new feature, justified to the taxpayer... 

Victorious Labour candidate, Ken Livingstone, kicked off his mayoral campaign today, insisting that he was a very different proposition to professional bumbler, hurrumpher and fop, Boris Johnson. Appearing with a rather familiar new hairstyle, Livingstone declared that he would not be another Boris Johnson – neither in thought, nor word, nor deed. “During this election, I want to make it quite... 

London’s cycle-hire scheme was launched this morning with the official opening of the so-called ‘second wheel’ at the London Eye – now to be renamed as the ‘Millennium Bicycle’. Boris Johnson and a group of journalists were the first to ride the second wheel, and the Mayor was in a jovial mood. An outspoken activist for pedal powered transportation since becoming...