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I always enjoy being able to tick these boxes myself on this site. Almost as if doing so enacts these promises.
I can't wait for Redbridge - London Borough of Culture. Should come round in 2030 or so.
Alfie | 02.06.16 - 8:16 a.m. | #
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Strictly speaking he hasn't yet fulfilled his pledge on unlimited bus journeys within the hour. Allowing one extra journey will happen from September and it is proposed to make it unlimited once Oystercard's "back end" is updated to match contactless - no small task.
I would put that as work in progress.
Pedantic of Purley | 02.06.16 - 9:34 a.m. | #
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How are the handful of 'retain xyz' or 'maintain abc' not already ticked off? Or are we waiting for confirmation in the budget?
Jack | 02.06.16 - 9:56 a.m. | #
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If the unintroduced 'Hopper' warrants a tick I think we can add Night Tube to that list too.
Kim | 02.06.16 - 12:17 p.m. | #
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Some of the negative pledges are difficult to know whether they should be ticked or not. For example, why has "oppose building on the Green Belt" been ticked but not "Oppose the third runway"? He has done both. If he goes back on those positions then the boxes should earn a cross, but it's about four years too early to earn a tick.
timbo | 02.06.16 - 12:49 p.m. | #
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I'll start from the bottom-up so to speak. "Create a Love London Pass, giving Londoners discounts and reductions" I'm sure, but happy to be corrected, many Londoners don't need discounts or reductions to exhibitions, galleries, restaurants, shows and concerts. In fact they probably like the fact it unaffordable for the 'masses'. It a divided city...and for many that is the way they like it. If your name is not on 'the list' you not getting in, simples. Perhaps a reversal of the NYE ticketing then...or the ending of talk about 'ticketing' the Carnival?
Working Class Hero | 02.06.16 - 1:27 p.m. | #
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The issue with something like the Carnival is that the authorities can't really 'unknow' something.
So there have been issues where if it isn't managed properly, then there could be another Hillsborough situation, hence why New Years Eve will remain ticketed.
So at Notting Hill, if there was a crush situation, and one of those railings outside the houses gave way causing people to fall into the lower level, other people would then fall on top, and so on.
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ps,
as regards above comment, this is why the reintroduction of the Blackwall Tunnel contra-flow went quiet.
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A issue is of course 'crowd control'...but the stats are at hand. The police etc know the numbers to expect...if if cold and rainy numbers will be down if weather is fine numbers will be up. Previous years give them the info they require. By the same token one could agrue the same about the masses of people in Oxford Street for the Boxing Day sales for example...should that be ticketed too? The ticketing is more about paying for the costs than it is about public-safety.
Working Class Hero | 02.06.16 - 2:11 p.m. | #
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= 50 per cent of new homes being genuinely affordable=
Has anyone a definition for 'genuinely affordable' ?
Mike D (in Surrey) | 02.06.16 - 4:39 p.m. | #
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"London Borough of Culture" supposing all the boroughs are willing to take part...quite a few people who read this blog will, like many other proposals, never see this completed (expected end date 2048-2050?)
Working Class Hero | 02.06.16 - 5:42 p.m. | #
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"Make London the first National Park City"?! ...sorry but this is impossible. London is far too built-up, crowded and in no way can ever be the 'first'. Most likely somewhere like Milton Keynes would qualify as being a 'park city'? Thus if London was to be the 'first' it would simply be a lie. Not to say we can't make things better...stop having Formula-E at Battersea Park for example and look after 'our' green spaces more.
Working Class Hero | 02.06.16 - 5:53 p.m. | #
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Personally, I feel that the Rotherhithe-Canary Wharf cycle bridge will be a complete waste of money. The bridge will have to either be ridiculously high or have a complicated raising mechanism to allow tall ships to pass into London. WHirst I cannot speak for people living and working in Canary Wharf, the majority of people in Rotherhithe are already perfectly happy with the ways to cross into Canary Wharf (either by tube from Canada Water or boat from Hilton Docklands or Greenland piers) and only a small minority would wish to walk or cycle over the river, particularly during winter.
I feel that money would be better spent easing the flow of traffic between Jamaica Road and the Rotherhithe Tunnel as this can cause long traffic jams each evening on both Jamaica Road and Lower Road which has the effect of cutting off the peninsula to road traffic (cars cannot enter or leave Rotherhithe if both the roundabout with the Tunnel and the Surrey Quays One Way is blocked). Therefore I feel that money would be better spent easing the flow of traffic between the Tunnel and Jamaica Road or a new road crossing between the two sides of the river.
Rotherhithe | 02.06.16 - 7:19 p.m. | #
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The Guardian has already noted the back pedalling on rent freezes and the 50% affordability target, as something to aim for.
Rational Plan | 02.06.16 - 8:58 p.m. | #
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Re Rotherhithe above, perhaps the answer is to close Rotherhithe tunnel to cars (removing the traffic jams), brighten it up and open it to cycles and pedestrians. (In theory they could use it already, I think, but in practice they don't). OK, it doesn't exactly go to Canary Wharf, but the MAMILs won't mind a slight detour.
Malcolm | 02.06.16 - 10:37 p.m. | #
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He has already reversed Mayor Boris's decision on London City Airport!
Tim | 03.06.16 - 8:55 a.m. | #
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"Introduce Clean Bus Corridors"?! no ...ALL new buses should be as 'clean' as is available at the time of ordering regardless of route or area covered. London is suppose to be a 'world class city'...so set 'world class aims/targets'
Working Class Hero | 04.06.16 - 4:52 p.m. | #
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"Set a target of only buying clean electric or hydrogen buses from 2020"
They are missing a trick: CNG or LPG is almost as clean, loads cheaper, existing technology. The only way electric works for buses, is trolleys. We have them in Wellington, and they work fine... except cost cutters are in the ascendency, so, only a couple of years after upgrading the overhead infrastructure, the buses are set to be phased out. The cries of the population about inner city air quality is falling on deaf ears.
Clunking Fist | 05.06.16 - 11:12 p.m. | #
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So the lying fucker isn't freezing fares after all! Lying fucker.
http://order-order.com/2016/06/08/khan-breaks-key-election-promise-travel-fares-to-rise/
Worth apost, no?
Or knowing the politics of this site, no.
Farepayer | 08.06.16 - 11:15 a.m. | #
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Given that TfL don't control the rail companies, and part of the Travelcard cost relies on their annual fare increase, I was fully expecting this. I'm surprised other politicians//journalists weren't.
Sadiq's pledge is very specific...
Freeze all TfL fares for four years
diamond geezer | Homepage | 08.06.16 - 11:39 a.m. | #
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I knew he was lying. But the electors?
Look forward to seeing if you cover it.
Farepayer | 08.06.16 - 11:42 a.m. | #
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OK, he's a slimy, weaselly disingenuous fucker. Don't think electors will appreciate the 'small print'.
Farepayer | 08.06.16 - 3:08 p.m. | #
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His list of top 10 priorities on the linked manifesto web page (i.e. not the PDF) promises to "Freeze London transport fares for four years"; only inside the manifesto does it refer to them as TfL fares.
Has he broken a manifesto promise? Perhaps not. But I think people were entitled to rely on the homepage. He has promised there to freeze transport fares in London, not just TfL fares.
A mistake? Quite possibly. I can entirely believe that it's just an earlier version of the draft manifesto. But he, and more importantly Labour Assembly Members, still received votes on the basis of that wording.
EdC | 09.06.16 - 4:04 a.m. | #
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You had better delete the second part of the pledge as you've reproduced it then , DG, 'Cos that sure as hell aint't true.
Farepayer | 09.06.16 - 3:14 p.m. | #
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DG - almost one year on, will you be updating this post if any promises are kept?
dg writes: Er, two years on. And I have been.
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