On Mon, 26 May 2008, MIG wrote:

On May 26, 9:24*pm, James Farrar wrote:
On Mon, 26 May 2008 09:37:55 +0100, Paul Corfield

wrote:
On Sun, 25 May 2008 23:33:28 +0100, 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. The mayor of London said
half-price bus and tram fares for 250,000 Londoners on income support, which
was also funded by the deal, would still be honoured. Mr Johnson said he
thought many Londoners were uncomfortable with how the scheme was funded."

Always seemed a bit odd to me...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7419227.stm

Applause.

What - for sneaking out a controversial announcement, that will double
fares for the poorest people, in the middle of a bank holiday weekend
hoping people wouldn't notice?

The timing of the announcement was poor, yes.

But breaking the link with a reprehensible South American dictator is
to be applauded.

What the hell are you talking about? A reprehensible dictator (actually
elected president) who not only didn't execute the people who organised
a military coup against him, but let them continue to broadcast
criticism of his government till their licence ran out.

I have no comment on Chavez's reprehensibility or otherwise, but
'dictator' is factually incorrect.

(And yet this is still reported over here as censorship. Jeez, what
planet are people on?)

Here's a clue: which version of this makes a better story in the papers?

Our previous Prime Minister was mates with Pinochet. Now there's a
reprehensible dictator ...

And Pinochet wasn't much better.

Cheers for the set-up!

tom

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