21 November 2008
Boris Continues To Surprise
A lot of people predicted "dogs and cats, living together, total hysteria" when Boris was elected Mayor of London. He's not doing it Ken's way, and doom may still come, but in the last month, we've had the commissioning of a study for an illegal immigrant amnesty , the idea for 2012 food gardens across London by 2012, a pledge of 40% of new homes to be made available for social housing, and a pledge to eradicate rough sleeping in London by 2012.
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Credit is certainly due to London Citizens' for their migrant amnesty campaign in the run-up to the Mayor elections - they got all the main Mayoral candidates to pledge to this one, Boris included.
Addendum, apparently Boris Johnson's annoucement was in direct response to a Green Assembly motion that Darren proposed urging him to commission economic research to support an amnesty. The full text of the motion on 8 October was as follows:
"This Assembly notes the election commitment given by the current Mayor and other leading contenders in support of a one-off, time-limited, earned regularisation of suitable irregular migrants, many of whom live and work in London, which would allow those who have been in the UK for many years to be admitted to a two-year pathway to citizenship.
This Assembly now resolves to make representations to the UK Government in support of such a regularisation, and calls on the Mayor to join it in making these representations, including by commissioning supporting evidence regarding the impact on London from GLA Economics."
Proposed Darren Johnson
Seconded Jenny Jones
1. The motion received 12 votes in favour (Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green), 5 votes against (Conservative and BNP) and one abstention (Conservative).
Ah, but he didn't have to sign up to the amnesty campaign. And he didn't have to respond to Darren/Jenny's motion, especially with Tories abstaining/voting against. And he has.
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