WB Yeats’s 1919 poem, ‘the Second Coming’ is surely relevant to Mrs May’s Brexit scheme: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. The close result of the […]
Read moreNationals of other EU countries [1] Question No: 2019/0351 Andrew Dismore How many members of staff in the GLA are nationals of other EU countries; what estimate have you made of the likely number who will return home in the event of a hard Brexit; and what are you doing to provide assistance and reassurance to them? Answer for Nationals […]
Read moreOct 18 (late) ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit Question No: 2018/2792 Andrew Dismore Your support for a ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit is welcome; what have you been doing to campaign for this to take place? Answer for ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit The Mayor Last updated: 24 October, 2018 Officers are drafting a response ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit The Mayor Last updated: […]
Read moreQuestion tile: Police funding settlement Question No: 2018/3279 Andrew Dismore In his budget speech, the Chancellor said: “The Home Secretary will review police spending power and further options for reform when he presents the provisional police funding settlement in December.” What are the implications of this for London? Answer for Question tile: Police funding settlement The Mayor Last updated: 28 […]
Read moreNationals of other EU countries [7] Question No: 2019/0357 Andrew Dismore How many a) operational firefighters and b) members of staff in the London Fire Brigade are nationals of other EU countries; what estimate have you made of the likely number who will return home in the event of a hard Brexit; and what are you doing to provide assistance […]
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