Thursday, July 13, 2006
Greater power for the Mayor of London
On Thursday the government will reveal Ken's power as Mayor and announce new ways he and his office can influence our lives. Housing, policing and the environment are all areas expected to be affected.
Perhaps we will see Ken scrap police cars and have officers chasing criminals on bicycles to protect the environment.
Be afraid, be very afraid.
2 comments:
If the Mayor is getting more responsibility he should be willing to accept more accountability for his policies.
By Anonymous, at 4:41 PM
If anyone doubts that this is the end of Ken's ambitions to expand his powers, they should abandon that illusion. He has openly claimed in MQTs he wants to take over as the water authority for London and potentially more disastrously is carefully laying the groundwork for taking over schooling in the capital. To see what this would mean in practice, read his recent report on Black teachers in London (http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/education/docs/black-teachers-london.pdf). In particular, look at recomendations 1,6, 11 and 13.
Number 6 says it all: "Strict targets should be set and closely monitored for each LEA to recruit teachers that are representative of local communities."
Note that nothing is said about the competencies of teachers! Following even a fraction of Ken's ideas on education would lead to the education of all London's children sacrificed on some PC altar.
The case for having more restrictions on the Mayor's carte blanche powers couldn't be clearer.
By Anonymous, at 9:59 AM
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