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TfL Board – Boris In The Chair

September 30th, 2008 by Tom

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 underway.
But as he began his opening statement it was not board finances, but annoyed commuters that got in his way:

Read more here.  When the Board papers are published I’ll do the nitty gritty.

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  • 1 AdamB Sep 30, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    I’ve got the full papers in front of me now. Unfortunately they’re as thick as my wrist so it’s going to take some time.

  • 2 Alex Sep 30, 2008 at 4:10 pm

    “Jarvis” Norris has no business anywhere near a public transport system, either.

  • 3 Tom Sep 30, 2008 at 4:28 pm

    Speaking from the point of view of family friends of Nina Bawden, I rather agree with you. It’s not exactly to the Conservatives’ credit that he’s is clearly the best qualified Tory for the job, but it reflects the importance they’ve attached to public transport since, well, Ernest Marples and his road-building business friends.

    Livingstone sacked him over the conflict of interest with Jarvis and Tube Lines. Something to remember when TL ask for more cash…

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