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Merrick M
Merrick May 3, 2008 17:39:05
Replying to Deepinder Cheema

Deepinder Cheema wrote:
That is why I ask what is his manifesto. Is he tabled to scrap the congestion charge?
He used to oppose it, but like many other things he opposes - theory of anthropogenic climate change, equal rights for non-heterosexuals, non-white people in general - he's changed what he says a fair bit in order to get elected.

So, he's said he won't scrap the congestion charge but will reduce the size of the zone it covers and introduce a -cough cough - 'fiarer' pricing system (meaning cheaper and dropping the higher bracket for 4x4s).

Deepinder Cheema wrote:
Did I hear correctly that he is vehementally opposed to Coaches with concertina arrangement in the middle?
Yes, but then again outgoing mayor Ken Livingstone said he wouldn't be ordering any more of them anyway, so it wasn't a difference between them.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7299444.stm

there's a summary of policy promises by the main four candidates here.
http://londonunlocked.org/?p=278

S shanshee_allures
shanshee_allures May 4, 2008 12:08:18
Replying to Merrick

Looking into the sub section on housing, there are a few pledges for 'affordable' housing, with only the ex-copper mentioning more social housing. He's probably talking bs anyway, but it's still interesting.
I think it's the way housing has went that has devastated this country more than anything.

All those reposessions in the 90s, people buying into a bloody false 'homeowners dream' (hey peeps, that's what Wimpy and Barrat were for!) only to have the banks rubbing their hands in glee handing out loans without even caring how they'd be paid back, they could always make even more money after you got tossed out in the streets anyway.

I read somewhere councils are having to rent homes from private landlords in order to house people, they've got so little homes left! WTF?

It's all resulted in outrageous prices for houses (oh no, wait, it's all about getting yourslef on the 'property ladder', right?) which to put it really simply I'm sure wouldn't be the case as estate agents would have to do more to entice you to buy their 'product' and persuade you away from your lovely council home in the first place.

The day someone has the gonads to rescind this travesty, I'm with them.


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L Lord Lucan
Lord Lucan May 6, 2008 12:22:24
Replying to Merrick

Merrick wrote:
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So, he's said he won't scrap the congestion charge but will reduce the size of the zone it covers and introduce a -cough cough - 'fiarer' pricing system (meaning cheaper and dropping the higher bracket for 4x4s).

Deepinder Cheema wrote:
Did I hear correctly that he is vehementally opposed to Coaches with concertina arrangement in the middle?
Boris says he wants to buy a whole new fleet of Routemaster-style buses, scrap the bendy ones and at the same time drastically reduce the future revenue from the congestion charge (which is legislatively used to fund public transport). It doesn't add up, isn't properly costed and is unachievable.