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.
From 2012 we should cut fares not protect polluters
Ken Livingstone says if he were re-elected as mayor in 2012 “I would take immediate steps to reduce the fares burden on Londoners.”
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.
London by night, seen from the London Eye
Along with a few other London writers and bloggers I spent Wednesday night taking in the stunning views from the London Eye, one of the capital’s finest modern attractions.
