unlike the norm where they say then do the opposite
Red Ken prior to his last election win as mayor
'I will not increase congestion charges'
within a matter of months of his election they went up 60% !!!
Edited by malden blue on 27/11/2008 at 16:33
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This man is looking dangerously like that rarest of breeds - a politician who does what he says he will do.
Not only that he actually took notice of a consultation process. Never been heard of before.
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When Boris was appointed Mayor he was villified, compared to a certain previous incumbent, as being mad, bad or whatever you wish to state because he is a Tory.
Boris, however, has proved he is his own man, as so much of his (often quite brilliant) journalistic outpourings have indicated.
On a scale of 0-10 intelligence wise, it's Boris eight to nine and KL two to three (if he's lucky)...:-)
Ping Pong rules.
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I always liked the cut of this mayor's jib, although it would have gone against the grain even to give him my second choice vote, which I planned to do along with throwing my first vote away on the greens in protest against the devil's spawn Livingstone (for whom, may I be forgiven, I voted twice in knee-jerk old Labour style). However on the day I forgot to vote, so didn't have to feel contorted about voting Con.
Oddly enough though I am in two minds about dropping the Western Extension, although I opposed its introduction. Of course it will save me 200 quid a year. But there will be more traffic, and I won't be able to drive into the West End whenever I feel like it. And I just don't believe that it doesn't earn any money. Traffic reduction is supposed to be only 10 per cent, but it feels like at least twice that in my immediate neighbourhood. Delays these days are caused by cages and temporary traffic lights everywhere. If the mayor is serious about responding to road-users' needs - and don't forget he still has two years to change his mind about Kensington & Chelsea - he could do a lot worse than restoring a proper traffic flow-friendly road system in the West end and elsewhere. Livingstone was, and his ilk are, real poison.
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I live a long way from London and don't have much interest in who is mayor. I do visit London from time to time though (for business, using the train) and it seemed to me that the CC substantially reduced traffic.
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There was an initial reduction that has now been eradicated inside the zone, however traffic and congestion is far worse just outside it.
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