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Bendy Buses - Boris Spins Off The Road Again

September 23rd, 2008 3 Comments

After yesterday’s outbreak of bendy loving in the Standard, Boris, perched high up his gum tree, has hit back:
On a BBC Radio London phonein, Boris Johnson said the first bendy buses would be removed next year.
His pledge follows a warning by some London Assembly members that the change could lead to passengers facing more crowded [...]

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TfL: Another Challenge For Gilligan and Browne

September 23rd, 2008 No Comments

As if the burden of ridding London of political correctness wasn’t enough, there’s more bad news for Andrew Gilligan in the award of a Local Government Equality Standard to TfL.  Appalling news - when they could have been building Routemasters or crushing Bob Crow under a 4×4 those godless communists at Transpoof for Lefties were [...]

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Planes, Pains And The Third Runway Proposals

September 23rd, 2008 2 Comments

It seems that the prospect of ‘Boris Island’ has only made the Government more determined to gain approval for a third runway at Heathrow.
“Transport sources told The Times that the Government was determined to make the third runway happen, despite widespread opposition from the environmental lobby and the possibility of an independent review delaying the [...]

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The Evening Boris - Is This The End Of The Affair?

September 23rd, 2008 2 Comments

Idly scanning the web while waiting for a fscking fscked server to fsck* I come across a stack of Evening Standard headlines:

Boris slammed over plans for airport in Kent
Scrapping bendy buses ‘will bring misery for passengers’
Great idea, Boris, but your airport can’t take off

This is unusually negative for this particular newspaper, which [...]

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