On Sun, 25 May 2008, MIG wrote:

On May 25, 11:33*pm, James Farrar wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2008 14:49:12 +0100, "Paul Scott"

wrote:
"Boris Johnson will not renew anwith *which provides cheap fuel for London's
buses once the agreement ends later this year."

Livingstone has said "It shows that he [Johnson] is more interested in
pursuing his right-wing ideological agenda..."

True, if pursuing his right-wing ideological agenda is dismantling the
policies you implemented to pursue your left-wing ideological
agenda...

Please explain how Ken Livingstone had a left-wing political agenda that
included joining New Labour, advocating strike-breaking, privatising
part of LU etc etc.

Which part of LU did he privatise? I take it you're not referring to the
PPP, which he fought tooth and nail.

Boris Johnson has an unashamedly right-wing agenda. Ken Livingstone had
a conveniently-acquired right-wing agenda, occasionally regressing when
his conscience got the better of him.

Establishing a tax on car use to pay for buses, not kowtowing to the
Americans when they refused to pay it, setting up the first civil
partnership scheme in the UK, and (re)starting an anti-racism music
festival don't seem particularly right-wing to me.

tom

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