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Johnson in bid to thwart Haw cemetery protest camp

Last March Johnson successfully won a court action to have Haw evicted from his long-running Parliament Square peace camp and has already blocked plans by Haw’s supporters to bury him on the Parliament Square site.

But some lawyers argue that the High Court has no power to rule on dead peace campaigners.

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Posted: Jun 21st, 2011
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FIFA officials will have to sleep on Boris’s floor

‘I may have mentioned the Dorchester, but no promise was ever made,’ said London Mayor Boris Johnson.

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Posted: Dec 6th, 2010
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Tramps to be given ‘forlorn look’ training

London’s homeless sector got a huge boost today with Boris Johnson’s announcement of funding for free dogs and training to improve the forlorn looks modelled by the city’s tramps.

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Posted: Aug 15th, 2010
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Boris Johnson launches 60ft-long bendy bike

cripes on a bikeLondon Mayor, Boris Johnson, has unveiled his latest solution to the capital’s transport problems – the bendy bike, a 60ft-long, articulated bicycle that bends in the middle.

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Posted: Aug 1st, 2010
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Boris Johnson appeals to press: ‘Stop taking me seriously’

In a radio interview today, London mayor Boris Johnson, has appealed to the nation’s press to take him less seriously. ‘What’s a chap got to do to be taken for a buffoon?’

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Posted: Nov 5th, 2009
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