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Today (Tuesday) marks the official start of the election period for the Mayor of London and 25 London Assembly Members. And with just over 40 days to go until polling day, on 3rd May, London Elects – the body that runs the elections – is calling on voters across the capital to visit their website and…
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Today it is 100 days to go until the election for the Mayor of London and London Assembly – the largest single election in the UK. LCA is working with London Elects, the independent body responsible for delivering this election and encouraging Londoners to take part. On 3 May, around 5.8 million Londoners will get…
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Our source who arrived in Manchester last night was quick to find the Back Boris 2012 stand at the Conservative Party Conference – Ken Livingstone’s campaign failed to provide a similar stand at Labour’s conference last week.
Continue readingThere is no doubting that transport is a key area for the London 2012 Mayoral race. Transport is one of main subjects that impacts on almost all voters and it has been interesting to see that Ken is still thought of as highly influential in this area (particularly outside of the Western Extension Zone of…
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Here at LCA we have recently held three ‘LCA Election Watch’ sessions. These constituted informal round-table discussions which were both well attended and prompted fascinating debate. It’s now less than a year until Londoners head to the polls for the next instalment of what is in essence another Ken Livingstone v Boris Johnson contest. We…
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Ever since we passed the one year to go mark for the 2012 Mayoral and Assembly elections at the beginning of May, it’s one hot topic which promises to increase in temperature over the coming 11 months or so. Last week alone, we saw several articles on the subject, particularly on the Mayoral election which…
Continue readingLCA Managing Director Jonny Popper and Director Chris Madel appeared on The Politics Show London on Sunday 13 March to discuss what Ken Livingstone needs to do to win back the London Mayoralty in 2012. Jonny and Chris gave their views on a Livingstone political makeover and suggestions on how he should look to campaign in the run up to next May….
Continue readingWatch out for LCA Managing Director Jonny Popper and Director Chris Madel on the Politics Show on BBC 1 this Sunday at midday giving their expert thoughts on what Ken Livingstone needs to do to win back the mayoralty from Boris Johnson in May 2012. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zgk35 Jonny and Chris were asked to rebrand Livingstone as a breakfast cereal and…
Continue readingThings are not looking good for Nick Clegg and the Lib Dems. Last week saw them pushed into sixth place at the Barnsley by-election with just 4.2% – down from 17.3% at the General Election. Although no one expected the Lib Dems to win here, such a collapse in the party’s support was the real…
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