Boris Johnson - Mayor of London?

[IR35 Avoider]

My foreign relative paid £3.50 to travel one stop on the tube. Of course they could have done it more cheaply (or even walked instead) if they knew what they were doing, but the point is they were foreign, so they didn't know. And £3.50 was a lot more to them than it is to you and me. (They had £100 spending money for their two weeks in Britain.)

[Troll]

My foreign relative paid £3.50 to travel one stop on the tube. Of course they could have done it more cheaply (or even walked instead) if they knew what they were doing, but the point is they were foreign, so they didn't know. And £3.50 was a lot more to them than it is to you and me. (They had £100 spending money for their two weeks in Britain.)

How can you expect to live in London on £50 @ week? were they claiming asylum? do we want to be encouraging this type of visitor - what were their expectations for the stay?
When I was young there were books on doing Europe on $10 @ day...but you had to rough it which is fine when you're 20 ... not so much fun as you get older

[hyperD]

I got stuck in a tunnel on the tube once for 45 mins in summer. Wasn't too worried about the heat but the suit in front of me was suffering big time. From his pained expression on his face and his constant fidgeting it was obvious he was busting for a p1ss.

Anyway, after a heroic 45 mins the guy looked like he was going to whip out his todger in front of everyone in the packed carriage and just let rip but we started moving.

The tube doors opened at the next station. And you thought Jonah Lomu was fast...

The most fecking uncivilised form of transport in the world.

And anyone who thinks Oyster cards are a good means of reducing the cost then think again: any reduction in costs are immediately transferred to the shareholders bonuses.

[wendigo100]

Granted the underground is packed to capacity, but how would Boris sort that out?

[OwlHoot]

I've never understood why London needs _two_ mayors, when there's been a Lord Mayor for centuries.

[hyperD]

Granted the underground is packed to capacity, but how would Boris sort that out?

From the man that said:

Try as I might, I could not look at an overhead projection of a growth profit matrix, and stay conscious.

Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party - the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth - is where it's happening.

"No one obeys the speed limit except a motorised rickshaw"

I don't see why people are so snooty about Channel 5. It has some respectable documentaries about the Second World War. It also devotes considerable airtime to investigations into lap dancing, and other related and vital subjects.

We are confident in our story and will be fighting this all the way. I am very sorry that Alastair Campbell has taken this decision but I can see that he got his tits in the wringer.

Nor do I propose to defend the right to talk on a mobile while driving a car, though I don't believe that is necessarily any more dangerous than the many other risky things that people do with their free hands while driving - nose-picking, reading the paper, studying the A-Z, beating the children, and so on.

I forgot that to rely on a train, in Blair's Britain, is to engage in a crapshoot with the devil.

"A horse is a safer bet than the trains"

It is just flipping unbelievable. He is a mixture of Harry Houdini and a greased piglet. He is barely human in his elusiveness. Nailing Blair is like trying to pin jelly to a wall.

Look the point is ... er, what is the point? It is a tough job but somebody has got to do it.

I can't remember what my line on drugs is. What's my line on drugs?

Voting Tory will cause your wife to have bigger breasts and increase your chances of owning a BMW M3.

Well he cheated death, and death is the one thing you're allowed to cheat.


Class! Boris for Mayor!

[barely_pointless]

Fantastic !, Boris is a keen cyclist, this would be great news for the Capitals' cyclists!!

[threaded]

Fantastic !, Boris is a keen cyclist, this would be great news for the Capitals' cyclists!!

And some scrotes keep loosening his wheel-nuts...

[Burdock]

I've never understood why London needs _two_ mayors, when there's been a Lord Mayor for centuries.

I think Dick Whittington's been doing a superb job, and should stand for a 4th term.

[snaw]

I kind of agree about red ken and transport - I think if he could cut out the political leftie bollocks vis-a-vis chavez etc and stick to just being the mayor he's actually not too bad.

What Boris would bring to London kind of escapes me, he's a publicity seeking fckwit who continually puts his foot in his mouth and has a knack of offending pretty much everyone.

I like my officials to at least appear competent and while red Ken annoys the hell out of me he does appear to be good at the one thing most people in London have issues with - transport, which given that it is a never ending battle, and thankless task he appears to at least be keeping the tide at bay. BJ on the other hand doesn't actually appear to be very good at anything at all really, unless you count making headlines.