Boris ends cheap fares

[jake-the-peg]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idU KL2570113320080525

Boris Johnson has decided to kill the agreement that resulted in Londoners on income support getting cheap fares!

Was this in his manifesto?

Did Londoners know they were voting for this?

[Gromit]

It must be very exhausting being the new mayor. He has been in post for just over a fortnight and he is sunning in in the Mediterranean.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-102237 2/Three-weeks-elected-Mayor-pledging-work-flat --Boris-takes-holiday.html

or maybe he didn't expect to win when he booked his holiday.

[Gromit]

Sorry, bad shorts warning in the mail link above.

[daffy654]

Red hawaiian shorts with a blue striped shirt??? That man needs some fashion advice quick sharp! Are the fares in London really high? I don't know of any other place in the country where people on benefits(other than disabled benefits or pension) get cheaper fares.

[jake-the-peg]

Even if he disagreed with what the money was being used for surely he could have diverted the funds to improving the service for everyone.

Sounds like money down the drain to me - I thought Tories were meant to be against waste?

[sp1214]

He has been mayor for only a short space of time but so far his decisions have all been political and not about the welfare of Londoners. Fcuk the poor and those on income support. Don't accept free oil because he dosn't agree with President Chavez's left wing politics.

Here you have a person who would be a clone of Cameron so think carefully about changing your party vote.

[tigerlily11]

I read some of the comments on the page. They couldn't have sucked any harder if they tried.
I can't think how many stabbings and muggings and gang related horrors are going on in the Captital and what does he do, decides the transport system is far more important and then bogs off on holiday.
But I don't expect anything else from Boris'the bore'Johnson.
The only people where I live who get cheaper fairs are the old and disabled. Not that the service here is worth a toss to be honest.

[youngmafbog]

Are the jealous lefties are out in force here.

So Ken had two terms di he fix it - did he heck. Stop bloody whinging the day of the liberal leftie is nigh. Get used to it.

[Twenty20]

Could wait till he's been in office a bit longer than 2 weeks before you start complaining!

[Lucy Thomas]

We used to get cheap fairs where I live but they were absolute rubbish. Very few attractions and rides and what was there wasn't worth paying for even if it was cheap.

We used to look forward to the more expensive fairs. Much more fun especially if they had a Waltzer.

[jake-the-peg]

The day of the liberal leftie is nigh ?

Is that what you meant to say? nigh as in nearly here?

Well nice to see that we agree

After all Boris getting elected and promptly screwing up has got to be the best general election material for the Labour Party.

[Gromit]

Up to a million people on income support were eligible for half fares on London's buses under Ken Livingstone's oil deal with Hugo Ch�vez, Venezuela's president.

Single parents, carers, the long-term sick and disabled people benefited from the scheme.

In addition, the deal also made it possible for a reduction of all fares by 10% which was introduced last September.

As the Congestion Charge is also subsidising public transport, and Boris is committed to scrapping that, huge fare rises or massive reductions in service can be expected.

[Lucy Thomas]

As someone who doesn't live in London I would like to ask this question.

If you say that scrapping the congestion charge will lead to a reduction of services, was there a significant increase in services when it was introduced?

[youngmafbog]

Judge a person within weeks.

Says it all. You must be desperatly worried.

Yep Jake I said that. REad it and weep. You lot are history thank god.

Maybe now we can jail people properly and get guns and knives off our streets.

[tigerlily11]

I'm not a liberal lefty or anything else simply because there is nothing else.
Liberal, pointless Lefty, spiteful selfish Tory, lame brain LibDem, its all the same.
Boris is what it says on the can. Tory plonker.
Do you think Young that the current clmate of fear in the City is not as important as the bus situation?
If you do then you fit well under the Tory banner.
Politicians are all the same. Jump on the band wagon and hold on tight.

[Quinlad]

You said it, but you meant the opposite.

Why can you not judge someone on the things that they're doing in office? I don't understand.

Does the media wait for a year before writing about a Budget announcement? Or do columnists and editorials discuss it the very next morning? Welcome to the world.

[DrFilth]

i think it is a good thing getting these people on benefit to start to do some walking. good healthy exercise never harmed anyone

[Gromit]

May I correct myself.

For years Boris has been denouncing the Congestion Charge and for seven years it has been official Conservative Party policy to oppose congestion charging in London.

it now appears that another u-turn has occurred without my noticing, because Boris was actually elected on a policy of keeping the Congestion Charge.

Though detail is thin, the Daily Mail commented:
Boris' focus on overall traffic could mean that a new tariff of flexible charges could cover a much wider swathe of the capital's streets rather than just a small zone in the centre.

So he is thinking of extending it so more people will pay.

[DrFilth]

this is another good idea get more people walking. there are to many people overweight in england. lets get them all walking to work.

[DrFilth]

this is another good thing then