The Political Animal:
Yesterday ought to have been one of the defining moments of Boris Johnson's mayoralty. Three draft strategies published, covering housing, planning, economic development and transport (or, in other words, barring policing pretty much everything the Mayor has any meaningful influence over). Somehow, it didn't quite feel that way, for a variety of reasons. Firstly, there is Johnson's sudden ability to hide from public view when matters of substance and detail rear their ugly heads.
Yes indeed. Now read on.
