Paddick to run for mayor (lib-dem)

[marty21]

saw the interview with paddick on london news - as usual they mentioned urban75, in fact the logo was on the telly

he doesn't have the name recognition of the other two, but i'd say he will have a respectable go, it will make the election more interesting, but ken will still win it, it probably a closer run election that he has been used to

 

[Jessiedog]

I'm going to wait untill I hear some policies first . I'm actually registered to vote now so I will be paying particular attention to see who might be worthy of my vote !

Very commendable.

Mine was just a throwaway line - I don't get a vote in this one, I'm in the wrong jurisdiction.

I know Brian and I think everyone knows a fair bit about Ken - I've never heard of the third candidate.

I believe Brian to be a man with more integrity than Ken, but, as I say, I'm watching from a distance and have only a mild interest in the outcome anyway.

If brian wins, I'll certainly give him a call to say: "Yay!".



Woof

 

[intrikat]

I'm going to wait untill I hear some policies first . I'm actually registered to vote now so I will be paying particular attention to see who might be worthy of my vote !

does it really matter? is politics after all.
fwiw I think he'd be a more humble mayor than either ken or boris, and possibly do more for us londoners than just kill pigeons in trafalgar square.

 

[Bob]

Worth a look at the latest Standard story on Lee Jasper - it doesn't look good at all:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23427193-details/Emails+%27bring+cover-up+right+to+Mayor%27s+feet%27/article.do

Evening Standard summary: Leaked emails show that the chief executive of his London Development Agency
expressed "the deepest possible concern" about a £345,000 grant to a close friend of the Mayor's senior aide, Lee Jasper.

• The emails - obtained by the Standard - show that Mr Jasper's friend, Joel O'Loughlin, grossly overcharged, deceived the LDA and failed to provide any of the services he promised.
• The LDA chief executive, Manny Lewis, wanted to sack Mr O'Loughlin, claw back all the LDA's money and even talked about suing him.
• But within days, after Mr O'Loughlin contacted Mr Jasper, the LDA performed a 180-degree turn, offering Mr O'Loughlin another £250,000 and a lucrative consultancy.
• Two senior LDA managers who vehemently protested against this deal - one calling it "extortionate" and "against the interests of the GLA" - were subsequently sacked. The emails show that Mr Jasper played the decisive role in one of the sackings.
• The emails undermine claims by the Mayor that our story last week - that £2.5million has been paid to organisations controlled by Mr Jasper's friends and business associates - was a "tissue of lies" and that there was a "full audit trail" on all the projects we mentioned, including one called Diversity International.