http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/ The idle musings of John B Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:27:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-82807 Plug-ish, Boris and TfL | hilpers Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:26:59 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/#comment-82807 [...] inspired by people's thoughts here, I've written a blog-post on Boris and Peter Hendy/Tim O'Toole: http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05...s-boriss-tent/ Exciting update information for utl readers: yesterday I played crazy golf with the Times's [...] [...] inspired by people’s thoughts here, I’ve written a blog-post on Boris and Peter Hendy/Tim O’Toole: http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05…s-boriss-tent/ Exciting update information for utl readers: yesterday I played crazy golf with the Times’s [...]

]]> http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-37767 Tom Tue, 06 May 2008 18:18:10 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/#comment-37767 The odious Barnes got the (official) Deputy Mayor job, as expected. Other appointments include Kit Malthouse, who tried to stop the congestion charge in the courts. In fact, they all seem to be extremely right-wing Tories so far... The odious Barnes got the (official) Deputy Mayor job, as expected. Other appointments include Kit Malthouse, who tried to stop the congestion charge in the courts. In fact, they all seem to be extremely right-wing Tories so far…

]]> http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-37628 A Wee Tram Afore Ye Go? Mon, 05 May 2008 22:44:07 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/#comment-37628 [...] Obviously, the transport issue everyone associates with Boris is the bloody Routemaster bus, so we’ll ignore that for now (it’s not going to happen, guys) and move on to what I think is an important disconnect between the Mayor and the wider views of more seasoned London Tories.  In particular John Band has identified statements made by Conservative Assembly Member Richard Barnes (and prospective Real Deputy Mayor) which give a rough indication of what the suburban Tories who made Boris Mayor think is important in transport: TfL needs to be brought under proper accountable and democratic control, and not to be run by a bunch of 1979 throwbacks intent on class war and making life unpleasant for motorists. [...] [...] Obviously, the transport issue everyone associates with Boris is the bloody Routemaster bus, so we’ll ignore that for now (it’s not going to happen, guys) and move on to what I think is an important disconnect between the Mayor and the wider views of more seasoned London Tories.  In particular John Band has identified statements made by Conservative Assembly Member Richard Barnes (and prospective Real Deputy Mayor) which give a rough indication of what the suburban Tories who made Boris Mayor think is important in transport: TfL needs to be brought under proper accountable and democratic control, and not to be run by a bunch of 1979 throwbacks intent on class war and making life unpleasant for motorists. [...]

]]> http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/comment-page-1/#comment-37539 Alex Mon, 05 May 2008 13:08:22 +0000 http://www.johnband.org/blog/2008/05/05/how-big-is-boriss-tent/#comment-37539 This might be a good thing to campaign about - it's positive, after all, and God knows we do enough negative... This might be a good thing to campaign about – it’s positive, after all, and God knows we do enough negative…

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