Boris Watch

Councillor Phil Taylor once famously assured us that the Oyster bus fare was £1.50, which was shameful ripping off blah leftie Ken bastard eighties throwback dribble etc. and Boris was going to sort everything out by stopping fraud, or introducing Magic Routemasters or something.
The Green Party have now suggested that the estimated fare income married [...]

Didn’t go myself, but Dave Hill did, and reports the usual suburban-friendly whiffle to the usual suburban audience.  Remember, the important one is the next one, which should be in a poorer, urban area if he’s to keep up the ‘Mayor for all Londoners’ line.
Also, Martin Hoscik has spotted that Boris is spinning shamelessly if [...]

Oh dear.  Ealing Council has been nasty to the motorist.

Residents are to be refunded for tickets issued incorrectly after the council was ordered to pay £750 in costs to a bus company it repeatedly fined wrongly.
Anyone who has paid a ticket issued at one of six wrongly marked box junctions in Ealing junctions since last [...]