London Banter - View Single Post - These writhing whales of the road have swung their hefty rear ends round our corners for the final time.

Bruce[_2_] · July 30th 09, 11:45 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:29:14 +0000 (UTC),
wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:18:19 +0100
David Cantrell wrote:
Boris esssentially had two choices ... we know what kind of man he is now.

He's that rare politician, one who doesn't break all his promises when
he gets elected!

OTOH carrying on with a policy regardless of all the evidence for it being a
bad idea and with cost cutting going on already in public transport which
really didn't need the cost of a new fleet of buses imposed on top smacks
of bloody mindedness at best. It seems Boris isn't a big enough man to admit
when he's wrong, so I suppose in that sense he's not at all rare in political
circles.

Boris is a throwback, a typical Tory in the pre-Thatcher mould. They
set out to gain power, then having gained it, occupied the position
for years without ever actually doing anything. Think of Harold
Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, add a lot of foppish silliness
and you have Boris.

London needs a radical leader that will drive through change. It
almost doesn't matter whether that leader is from the left or right of
politics - Ken was radical and apparently left wing but drove through
many policies that were not of the Left, for the good of London.

Boris is quite the opposite of radical. He is a "do nothing"
politician, basically a lazy sod who occupies the seat of power
without ever actually making use of it, except to obtain a few TV
appearances and soundbites.

He's still the same Tory toff, the buffoon from "Have I Got News For
You?", a nothing politician who will do nothing positive for London.

He might as well not be there.