Comments on: Boris Goes Squarebashing http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/08/boris-goes-squarebashing/ An attempt to enhance the accountability of the new London mayoralty Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Return To Parliament Square http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/08/boris-goes-squarebashing/comment-page-1/#comment-3354 Return To Parliament Square Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:07:21 +0000 http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/?p=398#comment-3354 [...] the early Boris/Kulveer decision to keep Parliament Square as an inaccessible traffic island (or, as Boris put it, a ‘green [...] [...] the early Boris/Kulveer decision to keep Parliament Square as an inaccessible traffic island (or, as Boris put it, a ‘green [...]

]]> By: Freewheel back-pedalling? http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/08/boris-goes-squarebashing/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Freewheel back-pedalling? Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:28:49 +0000 http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/?p=398#comment-1942 [...] moves he’s made so far was the cancellation of the Parliament Square part-pedestrianisation. As Tom pointed out last month, part of the rationale for this scheme was to prevent cyclists being “squeezed between a single [...] [...] moves he’s made so far was the cancellation of the Parliament Square part-pedestrianisation. As Tom pointed out last month, part of the rationale for this scheme was to prevent cyclists being “squeezed between a single [...]

]]> By: Tom http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/08/boris-goes-squarebashing/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Tom Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:33:47 +0000 http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/?p=398#comment-1406 There are various other oditties about this decision that have come to light today, not least that Westminster City Council are heavily involved in it and Daniel Moylan (Tory borough boy from K&C) and the London Councils group (where Ian Bennett came from) have both called for street beautification projects prior to the Olympics. Since the decision appears to emanate from the very non-borough-focused TfL (Norris, Ranger and above all Parker are not from that background|) is this an emerging fault-line between the cost-cutters and the pork-barrel borough boys? http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/news_and_info/news.php?id=893 There are various other oditties about this decision that have come to light today, not least that Westminster City Council are heavily involved in it and Daniel Moylan (Tory borough boy from K&C) and the London Councils group (where Ian Bennett came from) have both called for street beautification projects prior to the Olympics. Since the decision appears to emanate from the very non-borough-focused TfL (Norris, Ranger and above all Parker are not from that background|) is this an emerging fault-line between the cost-cutters and the pork-barrel borough boys?

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]]> By: Mr. Stop Boris http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/08/boris-goes-squarebashing/comment-page-1/#comment-1403 Mr. Stop Boris Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:50:53 +0000 http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/?p=398#comment-1403 Oh and incidentally it took me bloody ages to work out a strategy for getting into the middle of Parliament Square to take the photos of the Mandela Statue and its environs to use for that poster without getting run over on the way. I couldn't believe there wasn't a single proper crossing to let you get there. It was literally like crossing onto a roundabout, which I was always taught to be a very bad idea as a child. Oh and incidentally it took me bloody ages to work out a strategy for getting into the middle of Parliament Square to take the photos of the Mandela Statue and its environs to use for that poster without getting run over on the way. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a single proper crossing to let you get there. It was literally like crossing onto a roundabout, which I was always taught to be a very bad idea as a child.

]]> By: Mr. Stop Boris http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/2008/08/08/boris-goes-squarebashing/comment-page-1/#comment-1402 Mr. Stop Boris Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:32:18 +0000 http://www.boriswatch.co.uk/?p=398#comment-1402 I'm sure he'll <a href="http://www.stopboris.org/poster1.html" rel="nofollow">sort out that last aberrant presence</a> before too long... ;) I’m sure he’ll sort out that last aberrant presence before too long… ;)

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