Much thanks to Mark Lee in the comments earlier for drawing attention to this – I was going to reply there but it’s too big a story.

Basically the lovely Labour hit squad masquerading as London Travelwatch (you just *know* some Tory is going to accuse them of being political at some point in the [...]

The previous Chairman, Brian Cooke, having been defenstrated by the Transport Committee for Backing Boris (never a great thing in a supposedly independent consumer champion), a permanent replacement has been announced in Sharon Grant:

Ms Grant comes to the post with a strong consumer background. She has been Chair of the Commission for [...]

Boris chaired his first TfL Board meeting today as its permanent chairman.  The Tory Troll was there, and has an eyewitness report.  Boris Watching in the raw, as it were:

And with once Chairman Tim Parker burning magazines in Australia, and with his Deputy Chair absent as well, it was down to Boris alone to [...]

Regular readers will know that one of my favourite litmus tests of the Boris mayoralty is the East London Line Extension Phase 2.  To recap – it’s vital, uncontroversial, the DfT, TfL, the LA Transport Committee, Labour, the Conservatives, the Lib Dems and the Greens all want it, it’s relatively cheap and follows on naturally [...]

Not watching Boris on stage – I can guess that it’ll be well delivered, witty, pointed, contain at least one anti-Livingstone joke for the faithful to choke themselves laughing on, and so on.  This much is read – he is clearly the most popular as well as the most powerful Tory in the country, [...]