Boris Watch

2009’s Snowday was memorable for the abject collapse of the bus network, supposedly surpassing anything seen in the Blitz.  It was also, inveterate borough watchers noted, memorable for such scenes as Tory flagship cost-cutters Hammersmith and Fulham running out of grit first and going to TfL for supplies.  Despite that we had bus cancellations because [...]

Peter Hendy is often mistaken, usually by the right, for some proto-Communist chum of Ken Livingstone, overpaid bureaucratic fat-cat or whatever fantasy Gilligan has dreamt up that week  – “…the absolutely classic definition of a transport bureaucrat who got lucky”, if memory serves.  However, a new string to his bow has emerged – ‘Person who [...]

One of the innovations loudly trumpeted by Boris Johnson as increasing accountability at City Hall was the publication of expenses of the Mayor, his senior advisers and deputies on the GLA website. However, this seems to have slipped by the wayside as the Mayor’s expenses have not been updated for a whole five months and [...]