On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:05:10 +0100, Dave Hillam
] wrote:

Colin Rosenstiel wrote in uk.transport.london on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:45
+0100 (BST) .co.uk:

In article ,
] (Dave Hillam) wrote:

James Farrar wrote in uk.transport.london on Sun, 01 Jun 2008
22:06:42
+0100 :

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 17:06 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

Yes, punishment of the innocent because of a few guilty people they
are unable or unwilling to deal with under existing powers. So New
Labour. I didn't expect it of the Tories too.

You didn't read his manifesto then.

I can't actually see any reference to this proposed policy anywhere
on http://www.backboris.com/ (which I presume is an official site).

Have you got the candidates' manifestos booklet delivered to every house
in London?

Oh yes, and it's not in there.

Apparently press releases are now "his manifesto"; that's the only
place I could trace it.

Given that formal manifestoes weren't published (only two-page
summaries), it's reasonablt to describe all formal policy
announcements during the campaign as forming part of the manifesto.
What I meant was: it was known before polling day that he would
implement it. It wasn't a surprise he sprung on London after being
elected.