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London Travelwatch Beats Up Boris - Is This The End Of The Road For The Bendy Jihad?

September 30th, 2008 28 Comments

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 next, [...]

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New Chair For London Travelwatch

September 30th, 2008 5 Comments

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 Patient and Public [...]

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TfL Board - Boris In The Chair

September 30th, 2008 3 Comments

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 get proceedings [...]

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