"asdf" wrote in message

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:05:32 +0100, John Rowland wrote:

No disrepect to Paul, but TfL consultations are just
for show. They have already decided what to do. The
high-profile consultation over the western extension of
the Congestion charge showed us Ken's vision of
democracy. "If voting changed anything, they'd make it
illegal.", as Ken himself said when he wasn't in
charge. Viva Zapata!

Consultation isn't just some sort of majority vote. It's
an opportunity for people to point out the unforseen (by
TfL) consequences of the decisions in question, so that
TfL can take them into account.

For "can take them into account" read "can take them into account if we
wanted to but we don't so we won't."

Ivor