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London survived Boris, the UK will survive you - don't (actually do) let the door hit you on the way out!
Actually it didn't. The city has changed under his mayorship for the worse.
He allowed the development of cheaply built, inappropriate towers in areas that it didn't suit.
Walk around Vauxhall (one of many areas affected- but I was there this w/e so it sticks out) to see the damage he has wrought.
Actually it didn't. The city has changed under his mayorship for the worse.
He allowed the development of cheaply built, inappropriate towers in areas that it didn't suit.
Walk around Vauxhall (one of many areas affected- but I was there this w/e so it sticks out) to see the damage he has wrought.
He didn't have a choice.
The Communities secretary can overrule the Mayor of London. The MoL has very few powers.
One reason why Ken Livingstone was so hated is that he found good people in his teams that could find loopholes in national government policy to implement things.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR
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