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Other news organisations and i was interested in it and did some freedom of information act request. i just wanted to see what the relationship was between boris johnson and lebedev. and i ve got some correspondence from their time. it follows on from what paul was saying, it kind of gives you the nuts and bolts of how these influence operations work and they work both ways. by buying the newspaper, that is the only paper covering the london mayoralty and so for borisjohnson it was important to have a good relationship. he one of these lettersjohnson ....
So i was interested, - i submitted some freedom of information requests justl to see just kind of a fishing expedition, really - to see how this relationship was built between boris johnson and lebedev. l and i obtained all of- the correspondence between them, all of the formal- correspondence between them right back from the start - of their relationship in 2009, up until when he left- office as mayor of london. and, following on from what paul was saying, i it just kind of gives i you the nuts and bolts of how this kind of- influence operation works. and it works both ways. so, by buying the eveningj standard, that s obviously the only paper really covering the london mayoralty. - and so, for borisjohnson, he needs to have a good l relationship with lebedev. and some of these early letters show how he reaches out - to lebedev, how they meet for a series of lunches. - and in one of them, johnson gives an aide memoire - of all of his pet projects that he would like - he said that ....
And it wasn t really picked up on many other news organisations, so i was interested in it, i submitted some freedom of information act requests just to see just kind of a fishing expedition, really, to see how this relationship was built between boris johnson and lebedev. and i obtained all of the correspondence them, all of the formal correspondence between them right back from the start of their relationship in 2009 up until when he left office as mayor of london. and it s just it s following on from what paul was saying, itjust kind of gives you the nuts and bolts of how this kind of influence operation works, so and it works both ways. so, by buying the evening standard, that s obviously the only paper really covering the london mayoralty. and so, for borisjohnson, he needs to have a good relationship with lebedev. and some of these early letters show how he reaches out to lebedev, how they meet for a series of lunches, and in one of them, johnson gives a memoir of all of hi ....
Have a very full postbag, i expect. tracy, it is great to have you on and we will have you on in your new role again, maybe after you 100 days, see how people who live in your mayoralty, that sounds very grand, having a mayoralty, how things are going. just as we disappear, because we have an almost brand new mayor and one of the most experienced metro mayors in the country, andy, you did thejob for a while and then you got re elected, not so long ago. any last minute tips for tracy about the best way of doing the job? oh, it would be entirely wrong for me to tell tracy how to do it, but i will offer. a tip, a tip? tip, iwill offer a reflection, because it is very easy, regardless of party politics to find yourself opposing what the government do. but we have genuinely found that the best way to do it is to try to find the common ground and to say to government, we are a capability here. we are a resource you should be using, we can make things happen. ....