Boris suddenly appeared in Erbil, Kurdistan last week, accompanied by the Sun, who were curiously exempt from what appeared to be a considerable effort to keep things secret.  Of course, once he was there the publicity flowed, giving the impression that instead of a two-bit failed leader of a city who’s not really doing his […]

Hilton Holloway, 2011:

That it will be built in a part of the UK that needs more private sector investment is a further bonus. And it’s likely that these buses will be exported worldwide

Owen Paterson, 2011:

…described the bus as “a fantastic long-term export opportunity” and said he expected versions of it […]

Having taken the wee out of the New Routemaster for several years for being massively overweight and unable to meet TfL’s capacity it’s only fair to point out that the weight has come down:

First 8 – 12650kg First production batch – 12460kg Around number 95 – 12220kg Around number 176 – 12230kg Around number […]

There’s a by-election this Thursday, in which the Conservatives are going to lose Rochester and Strood to their former MP Mark Reckless and his new swivel-eyed friends in UKIP.   There are many reasons for this; no one likes the Tories much, their candidate is terrible, the new Kipper convert has a good story to […]

Today’s announcement of Transport for London’s 2015 fares package by the Mayor of London, who is personally responsible for setting the fares, reveals huge rises for users of Oyster Pay As You Go and paper One Day Travelcards.

The incentive for travellers to avoid the congested Zone One area was removed by Boris […]

Boris (or TfL, who are increasingly operating as a semi-detached body these days) wants to build a tunnel under the Thames from the southern Blackwall Tunnel approach to Silvertown on the northern bank.  This is, fairly obviously, a rubbish idea from start to finish; induced traffic, sprawl, air pollution, obesity and congestion are what road […]

The unveiling of the stupidly named ‘New Tube For London’ was a relief for a few reasons – first, it wasn’t designed by Thomas bloody Heatherwick, and thus looks like a thoroughly modern urban metro rather than a badly executed nostalgia fantasy, second it looks nothing like the ugly Siemens concept that was flying […]

Boris Johnson has allegedly been assaulted on an East Coast train on the way back to Kings Cross this evening:

90% sure a brentford fan punched boris Johnson ….#scenes

— FFC Jimmy (@theFFCfan) September 20, 2014

Police arresting the brentford fan that punched boris Johnson #mayor pic.twitter.com/YKdusrpJDo

— FFC […]

£40 to you, squire/lady. Yes, Boris Johnson’s found time in his busy schedule of running London electioneering in Uxbridge, dashing off his £250,000 chickenfeed column and writing weighty tomes of biography with attendant research trips to take part in a Q+A with Telegraph Head of Books, discussing his

Someone please remind Boris Johnson that he’s (supposedly) the Mayor of London and is meant to work for Londoners.

Earlier this week, Johnson visited the HQ of Nationwide Building Society in Swindon - located near the M4 motorway due to ease of access to Heathrow Airport. You remember, that place which provides direct and […]