Boris Watch

How many times during the campaign did we have to listen to Boris lecturing us on how Ken had once said "only some sort of ghastly, dehumanised moron would get rid of the Routemaster", then done so himself; and how Boris Johnson, knight in shining armour, would be riding to the rescue with a new [...]

Hello, Boris-watchers. My name is (strictly speaking, not) Mr. Stop Boris. You may know me from such web sites as StopBoris.org, such blogs as the Stop Boris blog, and such lyrical outings as MYR of LDN. Rarely in the history of the blogosphere has one man dedicated so much time to so many closely related [...]

Apparently Steve Norris, newly appointed to TfL and the LDA, will be handed the job of managing Crossrail, the £16bn project to drive two railways tunnels through the heart of London to link up east and west.  It’s a serious (and seriously eye-watering) project demanding a skilled operator.  Let’s weigh up Norris’ credentials here, with [...]