We shouldn't overstate the powers of the mayor tbh. tfl is one of the main areas of responsibility. He promised to freeze tube/bus fares and did so, so he gets a little tick for that - Johnson by comparison didn't give a shit about public transport and hiked fares considerably. Also introduced the hopper fare for single journeys involving two buses, which was long overdue. I see that he's now set to end the freeze if reelected, mind you.Bailey is a no-hoper and all the others bar Khan himself are comedy options/egotistical loons but why the down on Khan? Clearly he isn't the sort of person who is going to get people out in the streets chanting "Sadiq, Sadiq" but from outside London he strikes me as at least administratively competent. What particular things has he done or failed to do that makes him useless as opposed to just being a bland bureaucrat (which mostly seems to be what you would want from a Mayor)
We shouldn't overstate the powers of the mayor tbh. tfl is one of the main areas of responsibility. He promised to freeze tube/bus fares and did so, so he gets a little tick for that - Johnson by comparison didn't give a shit about public transport and hiked fares considerably. Also introduced the hopper fare for single journeys involving two buses, which was long overdue. I see that he's now set to end the freeze if reelected, mind you.
Other than that, I can't think of much that he's done of note. He's generally a wet New Labour type. He'll probably get my second pref vote, but it won't be an enthusiastic endorsement - more that there are worse options out there and I don't want another fucking tory. He's going to win by a mile anyway.
Well Laurence Fox is going to cut transport costs. He says so is his video.We shouldn't overstate the powers of the mayor tbh. tfl is one of the main areas of responsibility. He promised to freeze tube/bus fares and did so, so he gets a little tick for that - Johnson by comparison didn't give a shit about public transport and hiked fares considerably. Also introduced the hopper fare for single journeys involving two buses, which was long overdue. I see that he's now set to end the freeze if reelected, mind you.
Other than that, I can't think of much that he's done of note. He's generally a wet New Labour type. He'll probably get my second pref vote, but it won't be an enthusiastic endorsement - more that there are worse options out there and I don't want another fucking tory. He's going to win by a mile anyway.
That's first pref sorted then.Well Laurence Fox is going to cut transport costs. He says so is his video.
It's a tough choice right enough.That's first pref sorted then.
Unless Brian's going to make it all free.
That's first pref sorted then.
Unless Brian's going to make it all free.
He has had to end the freeze on fares to get Government subsidy after tfl losing fare money during covid travel restrictions.We shouldn't overstate the powers of the mayor tbh. tfl is one of the main areas of responsibility. He promised to freeze tube/bus fares and did so, so he gets a little tick for that - Johnson by comparison didn't give a shit about public transport and hiked fares considerably. Also introduced the hopper fare for single journeys involving two buses, which was long overdue. I see that he's now set to end the freeze if reelected, mind you.
Other than that, I can't think of much that he's done of note. He's generally a wet New Labour type. He'll probably get my second pref vote, but it won't be an enthusiastic endorsement - more that there are worse options out there and I don't want another fucking tory. He's going to win by a mile anyway.
Do you want your bus to look like a stealth aircraft or a Cilit Bang advert?