• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
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Living thousands of miles away from the White House doesn't mean you can't have a say in who's going to be living there come 2009. According to a report in The Times, London-based Americans have raised 40% of a $1 million overseas war chest for the candidates in next year's presidential election. Thus far, Barack Obama sits top of the class, with £36,000 solicited from Britain since June. His Democratic rival Hillary Clinton has......

Well. This was meant to be a celebratory photothread yesterday cataloguing London bloggers' reactions to the Olympic decision. (If you don't want to know the result, look away now: we got it.) But, of course, the Britblogosphere barely had time to pop the champagne before more serious news took over. It's possible that this may come to be a defining moment for British blogs and bloggers, just as the 2004 presidential election was for......

We at the Londonist like nothing better than a political rebel. No, hang on. We at the Londonist like quite a lot of things better than a political rebel, but in the world of politics we love them. And of course there's no better rebel than Oscar winning actress and Labour MP for Hampstead & Highgate Glenda Jackson. She's been on the campaign trail...on an anti-Blair ticket. Yes, that's right; none of this Brian......

Bush. Kerry. Chads. Ohio. Yes, we admit it, Londonist is as excited as everyone else is about tonight's US elections. We'll be watching it on the good, old BBC (11:50 through to 5:00 with Dimbleby, Snow and Simpson et al) but there are events taking place throughout the capital for ex-pats and Brits alike: The US Embassy in Grovesnor Square is holding its grandly titled Quadrennial Presidential Election Celebration. But don't even think of gatecrashing,......