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Set The Video: Who Do You Think You Are?, BBC One, Wednesday 20 August, 9pm

tvscoop.tv     19 hrs ago          

If you thought Patsy Kensit's appearance on WDYTYA last week was a good watch, then you ain't seen nothing yet. The man who has distilled the charisma quotient of the entire Conservative Party into one flop-topped body is on...                    

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Theresa Villiers: Why no aviation policy?

bloggers4labour.org     yesterday          

Conservative aviation policy does not fly if you assess the editorial in today’s Financial Times: Boris Johnson wants to build an airport to the east of London. FT says: “Recently debate has been confused by what we believe to...                    

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Mayor heads east for Beijing Games

london.gov.uk     yesterday          

Mayor of London Boris Johnson left London today for Beijing to attend the 2008 Games and carry out his formal duty to accept the Olympic flag from Beijing Mayor Guo Jinlong at the closing ceremony on Sunday 24 August. Outside...                    

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bloggers4labour.org: Hair today, gone tomorrow bloggers4labour.org

Tim Parker resigns as Boris' First Deputy Mayor

conservativehome.blogs.com     yesterday   33 related          

Two weeks ago we wrote this (emphasis added): "Hope for the future: The team that Boris Johnson is building. It's high calibre. We think of Tim Parker (most of all), Kit Malthouse, Dan Ritterband, Simon Milton, Anthony Browne...                    

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Becks In The Bird's Nest

londonist.com     yesterday          

Must Britain take any more? We are so unfamiliar with the feeling of national sporting success that the past surprising fortnight has tested the nation's cardiac capacity beyond reasonable limits. Now, we have more excitement...                    

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Boris Johnson and CCHQ - a match made in hell? Politics Decoded by Garbo

mattwardman.com     yesterday          

Nice bit of spin According to Iain Dale this morning, Boris Johnson’s First Deputy Mayor is about to resign by, we are told, mutual consent. This move will also see Johnson “promote” himself to the chair of TfL. Of course, this...                    

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CBRE: International Business Reception Highlights 2008

nowpublic.com     yesterday          

CBRE: International Business Reception Highlights 2008 This footage is part of these news stories Third official quits mayor's team Yet another of new London mayor's Boris Johnson's team has resigned, just a few months after...                    

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'No extra money' for London Games

bbc.co.uk     yesterday   3 related          

Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell has told the BBC that there will be no extra money beyond the £9.325bn already allocated to the 2012 London Games. Any overspends on Olympic projects would be balanced by scaling back spending in...                    

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London mayor promises value for money in 2012

reuters.com     yesterday   12 related          

LONDON (Reuters) - The global credit crunch and a threatened recession will not prevent London delivering a spectacular Olympics in 2012 but the Games will have to give value for taxpayers' money, mayor Boris Johnson said on...                    

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thisislondon.co.uk: Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington thisislondon.co.uk

John Major: Taking Lottery money away from grassroots sports 'will limit Olympic success'

thisislondon.co.uk     yesterday   2 related          

Diverting Lottery funding away from sports facilities will limit future Olympics success, Sir John Major warned today. The former Prime Minister said sports organisations were suffering budget cuts because the National Lottery...                    

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