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Ray Lewis' resignation

The extraordinary resignation of Boris Johnson's deputy mayor Ray Lewis saw me called in to BBC London on Friday night to take part in a discussion on the Tessa Dunlop show that involved London Assembly members and callers from around the capital.

It was two hours of lively debate as we all tried to take stock of the fact that Johnson, elected just two months ago on 1 ... read more

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Fantasy mayor

The launch of newstatesman.com's Fantasy Mayor game. Find out which candidate most closely matches your views

The count down is well underway to the London mayoral election on 1 May. This is the closest contest yet and there's a very real danger of a Tory win.

As always with elections, turnout is key and in the hope of boosting interest in the 2008 contest we've been looking at some of the issues we feel are important - transport, crime, housing and so on.

But what do ... read more

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The campaign goes on

Is the £1 mil for silencing the victims,so we dont upset the offender. And help them get a linient punishment if any,And what about making the fashion industry a bit more responsable.Persuading...

From rangechanger, 14 January 22:46

Advice for Gordon...

Brown should join his dads church and become a hell fire vicar,he has the face for it, and after all those years in a party that dosent do God he will feel much better about himself.

From rangechanger, 14 January 22:13

Miliband and more

Would love to see how Michelle Obama gets flummoxed by the press.. http://abode-of-books.blogspot.com

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