Blame Labour

[Farriercm]

How come all these Radicalized right on Righties.on here keep blaming Labour
when the Con Party get into a tight corner.--------- Example,,,
Ken Livingstone introduced the Congestion Charge in London 2003.
The Cons shouted this down at the time, then Boris became Mayor,
but he kept the Con charge in place , nice little earner for Boris and co.
Never hear the Righties Blaming Labour for this one.

[ToraToraTora]

so what problems are there with the congestion charge that needs "blaming" on someone?

[Svejk]

now you come to mention it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[youngmafbog]

Farrier, do you own a brain cell?

[ummmm]

Does Boris and Co get a percentage of the congestion charge?

[Svejk]

///Farrier, do you own a brain cell///

An undamaged one, mind. ;)

[Gromit]

Boris hasn't really achieved much in London during his tenure. Even the so called Boris Bikes were Red Ken's idea.

It is a tradition for any incumbant regardless of political colour, to blame the previous administration for all the news.

As we speak, I am sure we will hear a lot about the £.5trillion the coalition has added to the national debt, if Labour gets in power.

[Old_Geezer]

Of course one is not going to risk the wrath of removing the 'stand & deliver' highway robbery scam and start telling the locals they should pay their own local tax not expect motist victims to pay it for them. Morally he should have, but no one expects him to, having seen the injustice is already in place and it benefits him. The evil creation of this scheme is down to that Livingston individual. And quite right he gets all the flak going. No need to be either right or left wing to see abuse by those in power.

[ToraToraTora]

I'm a fan of the congestion charge my main gripe is that it is far too cheap.

[Gromit]

The Congestion Charge area should be extended.
Zones could be privatised.

[mikey4444]

Lets be honest about Boris and the London Mayors post.

The only reason that he wanted to be Mayor in the first place was because it was the nearest to Number Ten that I could get, without the Tory Party coming out in a fit of the collective vapours. But he will make his bid for daves job. the moment that it becomes free.....you read it here first.

[naomi24]

I don't think we did.

[Hypognosis]

I still long for the day when the gunk tank graduates from kids' TV onto political debate shows where any reference to the previous administration - even if truly causal to the problem under discussion - triggers an immediate gunking. Likewise for dissembling or excessive circumlocution in a time-limited interview slot.

I've previously wished for sound proof booths for Question Time type shows, to stop them talking across one another. If gunk on expensive suits leads to lawsuits then at least we should have the ability to press the mute button when they make reference to a party which hasn't been in power for over FOUR YEARS.

Dimbleby invariably phrases the question as "what has _your party_ done about (X)" yet the answer always begins with the reference to Labour. Evasion.

That is all the market research you need to do to find out why people won't vote for you.