Boris Watch

Apologies for the headline, I’m jetlagged.
A new blog on my radar is ‘Real Cycling’ (now I’ve actually got a bike, through a ten-year old New Labour initiative at my partner’s work, no less).  I’m interested in cycling in London for two reasons – one, I generally support it, for much the reasons Boris tends to, [...]

The unions and Val Shawcross are pointing out that Boris’s ‘proudest achievement’ is another case of our beloved Emperor having omitted to get dressed in the morning.  How beastly of them:
The RMT’s Steve Hadley said: “They’ve brought it in without financing it properly, and brought it in without adequate staff, and to be quite honest [...]

While I was away, the Evening Same Old Low Standard picked up on the imminent debendifications of the 507 and 521 documented here over the past few months, after the 31 spare vehicles were put up for sale.  Keith Ludeman of Go-Ahead, the large bus conglomerate which runs the London General company is also quoted [...]