UK, Ireland / Boris Johnson has been declared the Mayor of London [25]

guaranteed public school boy tomfoolery, splendid!

My plan to change London for the better includes the following:

* Beef up the police presence on our streets by increasing police numbers and cutting red tape at the Metropolitan Police Service
* Implement serious strategies on knife and gun crime and arm the police with handheld weapon scanners
* Crack down on the culture of casual disorder that leads to more serious crime, with live CCTV on buses and a community service scheme for young people who abuse free travel

* Make transport safer by putting more uniformed officers on buses and station platforms
* Protect our green, open spaces and encourage more recycling across the boroughs
* Scrap the proposed £25 congestion charge and make the existing system fairer and more flexible
* Work in partnership with local councils to build the homes that people want and can afford
* Stretch the taxpayer pound to give Londoners more bang for their buck and axe the waste and overspending at City Hall.

good on ya bozza

Travel / The Tri City: I can see why you live here [17]

over the past couple of weeks as the summer season kicks off i have been organising bespoke tours of the tri city and surrounds for british visitors. with the convenience of a car, and somebody who knows the area, they get to visit places that may otherwise not be seen - the tri city i know and not the one limited by guide book entries.

the weather has been seasonably warm the past couple of weeks. the odd grey clouds, a bit of rain but nothing to really put a dampener on things. tourists are following their guides round gdansk, groups in their yellow baseball caps are out and about, chairs and tables are appearing on monte cassino, the stages are set up for the summer concerts and the performing artists are standing still on their boxes. the summer is starting and the tri city is coming alive after the winter's dormination.

the magic of this place is a choice of three cities, connected and blending in to one. the historic splendor of gdansk old town, the bohemic vibe of sopot and the modern creativiy of gdynia, all seperate cities, all mixed in to one.

but what really makes this corner of poland special is the beach. the miles of clean white sand, bike paths running through cool forests bordering the beach, clean clear water of the baltic bay, bars that suddenly appear and stretch beach life late in to the night, little fish bars, freshly painted and wafting their delicious smells, groups of locals relaxing on the sand enjoying a quieter pace of life, swans that gather round the peir in sopot, lights around the bay that shine up as dusk falls, welcoming in the evening's fun

visitors are surprised by just how much the tri city has to offer - poland is still an unusual tourist destination for many in england. the thought of walking barefooted along the sands of the baltic bay, as the sun sets and the music from sopot fills the night air is not what they expected from a friday night in poland.

thats when they turn to me and say "i can see why you live here, its nice"

those of you traveling with wizz over the summer can read about our road trip to hel, and back, in the inflight magazine.