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Boris admits bendy-buses are safe - but he'll axe them anyway
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:08:16PM -0700, John B wrote:
I'm deeply sceptical, although it's possible that the people you spoke to were idiots. In real life, bendies provide a much better service than other buses on a given route. That is, I'm afraid, not true. Route 38 had a better service before it went all bendy. By which I mean there were more seats (which were more comfortable) and a more frequent service, with journey times being about the same. There was also less fare-dodging. The people of London didn't want Boris as their mayor. The people of various unsavoury outposts that the Tories gerrymandered into Greater London in the first place to end Labour's dominance of the County of London wanted Boris as their mayor; the people of actual London voted for Ken. If what you say was true, then Livingstone wouldn't have got in in the first place. Nor would Labour have won the GLC elections in 1964, 1973, and 1981. He lost because he stood as a Labour party candidate at a time when Labour are deeply unpopular. If he'd stayed as an independent right from the start, he would, I am sure, have done better, maybe even well enough to win. -- David Cantrell | Minister for Arbitrary Justice |
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