11 Sep 2014:
‘Wowi’ was a charming mayor with good hair who championed his city’s creativity but was felled by infrastructure projects and dismissing the plight of everyday people. Boris, take note
10 Sep 2014:
The shadow minister for the capital and one of its most experienced council leaders talk about effective city government in a time of austerity and growth
26 Aug 2014:
Today’s decision to quit by the mayor of Berlin will end a 13-year run – a long time by mayoral standards, but no match for the true heavyweights
1 Jul 2014:
A review of the East End borough's elongated May election count hasn't delighted everyone but solving the borough's problems requires more of its measured tone
Richard Seymour and Ashok Kumar: There is again a push to delegitimise the Tower Hamlets mayor's win. His opponents should instead ask why he is so popular
20 May 2014: Peter Hetherington: In spite of the relentless onslaught on council budgets, local government still matters. And some authorities even have the approval ratings to prove it
15 May 2014:
The sleepy city of Toledo, Ohio attracted headlines for its bold attempts to attract Chinese investment. As nations squabble and governments face austerity, is this the solution?
12 May 2014:
The age of the city-state: with the world’s megacities fast becoming nations in their own
right, London’s mayor Boris Johnson can get much more done than Britain’s prime minister
24 Apr 2014:
There's only one way to explain the baffling fact that the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto stands a chance of re-election ... and that's to look to Springfield's tax-cheating, pot-smoking spendocrat
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