Results tagged “Quiz” from Mayor of London blog

This website comments on the policies of the Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority and actually pre-dates even the referendum which took place before these public bodies were set up.

Please feel free to email us your views about this website or news about the issues it tries to comment on:

blog @mayor-of-london.co.uk

If you need to contact us in confidence, use our our PGP public encryption key or an email account based overseas e.g. Hushmail

Please do not confuse this website with the tax payer funded Mayor of London, the London Assembly and the Greater London Authority website.

Do not confuse that lot with the ancient office of the Lord Mayor of London either.

There are many good people trapped in the bureaucracies which run London. If you are thinking about blowing the whistle on shadowy and powerful people in Government or commerce, and their dubious policies then you need be very careful these days. The mainstream media and bloggers also need to take simple precautions to help preserve the anonymity of their sources e.g.

• Spy Blog's Hints and Tips for Whistleblowers - http://ht4w.co.uk
• Digital Security and Privacy for Human Rights Defenders manual by Front Line.
• Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents - March 2008 version - (2.2 Mb - 80 pages .pdf) by Reporters Without Borders
• Anonymous Blogging with Wordpress & Tor - useful step by step guide with software configuration screenshots by Ethan Zuckerman at Global Voices Advocacy. (updated March 10th 2009 with the latest Tor / Vidalia bundle details)

Wikipedia article on the Mayor of London

Wikipedia article on the London Assembly

The Evening Standard newspaper - fulfills its role by scrutinising the Mayor and the GLA etc. rather more effectively than the politicians and bureaucrats do.

Mayor of London press releases

London Assembly press releases

MayorWatch - commercial news site about the Mayor of London etc.

UK Public CCTV Surveillance Regulation Campaign

NO2ID - opposition to NuLabour's plans for Compulsory Biometric ID Card and National Identity Register centralised database.

ASBO Concern - alliance of organisations and individuals who are concerned about the abuse of NuLabour's Anti Social Behaviour Orders.

Encrypted MI5 web response form NuLabour's "Climate of Fear" is not the same as the real fight against terror.

Games Monitor - "Games Monitor is a network of people raising awareness about issues within the London Olympic development processes. We want to highlight the local, London and international implications of the Olympic industry. We seek to deconstruct the 'fantastic' hype of Olympic boosterism and the eager complicity of the 'urban elites' in politics, business, the media, sport, academia and local institutional 'community stakeholders'. "

Parliament Protest blog - resistance to the Designated Area resticting peaceful demonstrations or lobbying in the vicinity of Parliament.

Save Parliament - Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill Act

Wikipedia article on Ken Livingstone

Londoners Against Livingstone

Red Ken Campaign - An online community for people who are against Ken Livingstone

MayorWatch

Sod-U-Ken

Anyone But Ken

Wikipedia article on Boris Johnson

Bozzawatch

Boriswatch.com

Boriswatch.co.uk

Boriswatchers

boriswatch.blogspot.com

• RSS 2.0 (full)
• Atom (headlines)

• "Foreign Policy" fiascos (6)
• Airports (1)
• Anti-terrorism (47)
• Boris Johnson (1)
• British Transport Police (3)
• Bureaucracy (23)
• Buses (8)
• City of London Police (2)
• Civil Liberties (31)
• Congestion Charge (16)
• Consult us first (18)
• Corruption (2)
• Court Cases (5)
• Election (21)
• Foot in Mouth (8)
• Gang Violence (2)
• Injustice (1)
• Jobs for the boys (10)
• Ken Livingstone (1)
• London Olympics 2012 - NO !!!! (41)
• London's Infrastructure (15)
• London's International Reputation (17)
• Media Spin and Disinformation (51)
• Metropolitan Police Authority (2)
• Metropolitan Police Commissioner (11)
• Metropolitan Police Service (10)
• New US Embassy site (1)
• Olympics (1)
• Parliament Square (16)
• Personality Cult (11)
• Pigeons (1)
• Police and Crime (26)
• Property Speculation and Development (9)
• Racism (1)
• Riots (2)
• Shepherd Neame Spitfire Ale adverts (4)
• Tax increases (8)
• Telecommunications (3)
• The War on Tourism (12)
• Transport Surveillance (10)
• Tube (15)
• Waste of our money (30)
• Water (1)