One in ten Londoners unemployed

City Hall: The old mayor will battle the new mayor. Again.

It’s the second most powerful job in British politics with an international platform and a huge personal mandate. Successful applicants can expect a plush office with riverside views and invites to all the best parties in the finest city in the world.

And yet, barring some miracle or catastrophe, City Hall will only ever have had two occupants, by the time it enters the second half of its second decade.
I pondered this as I watched Ken Livingstone clinch Labour’s nomination for Mayor. Now I say clinch but in reality the result was never in much doubt.

The under-reported argument against increased airport capacity in London

Number of people using Thames cable car plunges

Mobiles on the Tube - Boris wants them, but do you?

The End Times: Apprentice recap, Toby Young, Angry Birds, Boris Johnson gags and jokes

The End Times: Apprentice recap, Toby Young, Angry Birds, Boris Johnson gags and jokes

1. The Apprentice week two recap [Sabotage Times]
2. The leaders of the coalition may look like aristocrats, but they think they are meritocrats. Don’t count on noblesse [The Spectator] oblige
3. The physics of Angry Birds [Wired]
4. Mayor’s Question Time: Gags, jibes and insults

THE SCOOP: Route Plastered, Bus passengers pay more than their share for transit

Since the Mayoralty was set up, bus subsidies have soared by many hundreds of percent and billions have been poured into new lines, routes and schemes.
Most of this has been paid for by central government. But with the new coalition already cutting back, there are signs that these days of satisfaction may soon be coming to an end.

London has chosen its mayor, but why can’t it choose its own media?

No more saying sorry - the Standard's back on Boris's side once again

Late night river buses come back - at a cost