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Mike Tuffrey: A Liberal Democrat on how London should be run
May 19, 2011 10:12 AM
• [May 14] Dave Hill writes: AN influential Liberal Democrat Voice wants him to do it. A Facebook page is urging him on. Mike Tuffrey himself, the Lib Dems' longest-serving London assembly member, is not declaring any wish to be his party's mayoral candidate for 2012. But with the third anniversary of Boris Johnson's victory just gone, he's happy to paint a picture of how he thinks London should be run.
"This coming year there are some really big choices to make about the whole future of London," he says, seated in his office at City Hall. "All the problems we have are going to get worse as London grows . .
Tuffrey sees his and his family's history as typifying part of London's bigger story. His ancestors include a Herne Hill coachman and an unpaid apprentice electrician. He grew up in Bromley and moved to Brixton in 1981 at the time of the riots. Post-GLC, he served on Lambeth Council from 1990 including as its effective joint leader until securing his Assembly seat in 2002. His party's 2012 candidate selection process is expected to re-start soon following its suspension last October because too few strong contenders had emerged. Maybe they'll have better luck next time.
• Mike Tuffrey: A Liberal Democrat on how London should be run [Dave Hill, Guardian, May 14]
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