London Minicab firm loses sole UK Government Contract over its illegal use of London Bus Lanes.

Yesterday, UK cycling website road.cc reportd that Addison Lee, a London minicab firm, had lost its sole contract with the United Kingdom Government.

The news was initally reported via Bike Biz, with a headline “Government joins #boycottaddisonlee“.

The UK Government’s Chief Procurement Officer John Collington has been reported as saying “We expect all private hire [...]

Crimewatch looking for peddle-less bicycle

Red Ed? Someone called that one wrong.

“My speech was seen and heard on the BBC and in the interests of impartiality and fairness, so the prime minister’s should be.” Ed Miliband.

Sorry, Ed, I missed it. I’ll probably miss Cameron’s too. No hardship, I missed the Liberal Democrat leader’s speech. Greens and UKIP too!

Party Leader speeches are just over-rated opportunities [...]

Meddling with YOUR BBC.

Well before the General Election, I gave some examples of how politicians were trying to fundamentally meddle with the BBC’s political independence.

I sat down to watch Question Time last night, and nearly spat my teeth out when Dimbleby announced that Cameron’s Government would only send a representative if Alistair Campbell was not on the [...]

I want my app

Today, the BBC Trust has had to force the BBC to postpone the launch of it’s smartphone applications. Apparently the Newspaper Publishers Association is worried that the poor biased newspapers would not be able to make money on mobiles.

That’s fine, for those of us who actively buy, read or subscribe to newspapers. There are [...]

Effectively ruining your charity

Pratt on BBC News last night

Christine Pratt was a name none of us had heard of before Sunday. She is the woman from the National Bullying Helpline that told the BBC her charity had received calls from employees in Downing Street.

When I heard this on the news before going to bed last [...]