Boris Watch

Now the figures are out, we have the immensely satisfying task of examining our guesswork and rune reading over the last few months.  Regular readers will know that the Boris Watch conclusion on bendy replacement was that it would cost a lot more and put a lot more vehicles on the streets, be ungreen, do [...]

One amusing by-product of the first debendifications is that they’re going to prove that Andrew Gilligan is a seriously bad journalist.  Take the now notorious attack on Boris Watch and myself in which he inadvertently revealed the kennite connection:
Each bendy route was competitively tendered; each operator was also asked to tender for operating it with [...]

We’ve said before that the rules of debendification are simple – Boris has to ditch one of his frequently stated commitments:

Phase out bendy buses
Pursue value for money at TfL
Reduce congestion

We’ve also assumed that he’ll debendify regardless of the evidence, because he’s stuck up a gum tree by his own campaign spin and related Gilligoonery.  So [...]