Paul Corfield wrote:
On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:47:16 +0100, Bearded
wrote:

Greetings from West Thamesmead.

[snip]

The answer to our prayers is the Greenwich Waterfront Transit - with
dedicated busways or bus lanes linking N Greenwich / Charlton /
Woolwich / West Thamesmead and Thamesmead.


However Andrew Gilligan of the Evening Standard has decided that it is
too expensive and "a vanity project" for TfL. See

http://tinyurl.com/6qlw8f

Yes, maybe there are savings to be found - but the bottom line is: We
need a better link to London now! What can we do to counter the Gillgan
campaign

I saw that article today. I thought it was so very generous of Mr
Gilligan, the Evening Standard and Associated Newspapers to believe that
they had been elected and they had any say in what TfL spends its money
on. Strangely I don't recall seeing them as candidates on my ballot
paper.

Though saying opinions only count if someone gets elected is a rather
dangerous road to go down, at least with the current party system.

Just as one can argue that the Standard has not been elected, one could
say that if you don't like it, it is up to you to produce your own
newspaper. It is probably easier than getting elected!
--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK