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Boris is making his water cannon decision based on public ignorance and contradictory evidence

March 21, 2014 - Martin Hoscik

Boris’s decision to buy three water cannon for the Met is based on a poll which reveals large numbers of respondents know nothing about the topic while he and the force disagree about who has the final say over their use.

Filed Under: Featured, Martin Hoscik Tagged With: Water Cannon

The real difference between Ken’s ticket office closures and Boris’s? 6 years

November 22, 2013 - Martin Hoscik

Yesterday we finally learnt the fate of the Tube network’s ticket offices – they’re all being axed. Predictably Boris’s political rivals had some fun had at his expense by reminding Londoners that in 2008 he promised to scrap Ken Livingstone’s policy of closing ticket offices in the wake of Oyster’s success. As I’ve said before, […]

Filed Under: Comment, Featured Tagged With: Ticket Office Closures

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