MQTs: What Boris could learn from Kraft

It’s not the first time Boris has claimed a Livingstone policy for his own but given the political kicking he’s going to get he probably wishes he’d let the cuts to ticket offices come sooner.

Tube Lines row is a warning to Boris NOT to give away Freedom Pass powers

The row over funding for Underground upgrades by Tube Lines proves why Boris Johnson would be wrong to give away his reserve Freedom Pass powers.

A veneer of oversight

Today the London Assembly will hold a confirmation hearing into the appointment of Kit Malthouse as Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority. It’s a pointless fudge between preserving the Mayor’s executive powers and paying lip-service to increasing scrutiny of him or her.

Does Boris really need one hour bus tickets explaining to him again?

Which genuinely needy group are one hour bus fares designed to help? Subsidised travel schemes for pensioners, low income households and disabled people are vital but fare payers should only subsidise those in genuine need.

Seasonal cheer was in short supply at Mayor’s Question Time

When future historians sit down to compile a list of the London Assembly’s finest moments today’s Mayor’s Questions Time won’t be a contender for inclusion.

A very cautious welcome to ‘Commissioner Boris’

I always disappoint many of you when I speak in favour of greater control of the police by the Greater London Authority (or for that matter greater powers for Boris over ANYTHING) so some readers might want to look away now.

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