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London Mayoral Race
News, views and issues - the New Statesman's coverage of these crucial elections
The true cost of Boris' policies
The Mayor's decision to drop the £25 emissions charge is just the latest in a series of environmentally unfriendly developments.
The rise of the far right
The New Labour project relied on the assumption that its traditional support had nowhere else to go. But this is now changing, and the BNP has emerged as one beneficiary
Farewell Ken
Under Boris catchy ‘headline’ policies like a new routemaster bus and a no-strike deal with the RMT are likely to fold quicker than you can say ‘ethical foreign policy’
What Boris did next
Observations on the Mayor of London - how long can he keep up this serious facade?
Is this what a police state looks like?
Claire Provost, reporting on a demonstration outside City Hall on the night of the London mayoral count, finds herself put in a pen in by police. A case of democracy in action?
Life after Ken
Terrible results are capped off by Boris Johnson taking the mayoralty of London and with just a couple of years to the next election where does Labour go from here?
Labour's worst results in 40 years
Labour is badly hit in local elections in England and Wales pushed into third place by Tories and Lib Dems
What's driving the BNP?
The rapid growth in support at the ballot box for a nationalist party of the right has gone hand in hand with voter cynicism and disillusion with the main parties
Sian Berry: Why you should vote for me
On the day London goes to the polls Green Party candidate for mayor Sian Berry makes her pitch to the voters saying back her first, Ken second and vote Green for the assembly
Disfigured by class
The very fact that Boris Johnson could appear to be a plausible candidate for Mayor of London shows us that our society is still disfigured by problems of social class, argues Martin O'Neill
Livingstone - why vote for me on Thursday
Ken Livingstone explains why Londoners should re-elect him on 1 May arguing Tory rival Boris Johnson just isn't capable of running the UK capital
Ending violence against women
As part of our series looking at where the London Mayoral candidates stand on particular issues End Violence Against Women asked each hopeful where they stand End Violence Against Women
Boris Johnson - why vote for me
The Tory candidate for mayor of London explains why you should back him in the election on 1 May
Paddick: Why vote for me
In the first of four articles from the key candidates we let the Lib Dem candidate for mayor of London explain why he believes you should back him on 1 May
A date with the BNP
Observations on PC conspiracies
Airport expansion awareness
Although crime and transportation tend to top the agendas of London mayoral candidates, issues like Heathrow Expansion should not be overlooked.
No show for BoJo
When American student Clarissa Bottesini watched London's mayoral candidates do battle at a hustings she had a pleasant surprise - and it wasn't just because Boris failed to turn up
Affordable housing
On May 1st, voters should consider the housing manifestos of each mayoral candidate because the new mayor must be serious about acting on their housing crisis pledges.
Trusting in devolution
London mayoral candidates say they will work with boroughs and local governments, but they need to be serious about representing the needs of local communities.
Green heroes
The top ten
Green villains
The top ten
Bjorn Lomborg
Cloud control
Interview
Omar Bin Laden
James Macintyre
Brown at war
What if...
Hugh Gaitskell lived
Will Self
On brands
Film review
A Serious Man
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