London Mayor - Pledges? What pledges?
 

Well did anyone expect it to be too long before the bus driver's son's pledges began to be rolled back?

What he said before being elected:

http://order-order.com/2016/06/08/sa...-clegg-moment/

and what's actually going to happen:

http://order-order.com/2016/06/08/kh...fares-to-rise/

Quelle surprise.

I await with interest the retraction of his pledge on affordable homes...

Re: London mayor - pledges? What pledges?
 

Sadly most politicians say many things before they are elected and do exactly the opposite hence once they are elected.

Re: London mayor - pledges? What pledges?
 

Never has the phrase "Those who most wish to rule are those least fit to do so" been so apt. :rolleyes:

Re: London mayor - pledges? What pledges?
 

well you get what you vote for [liars]

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tbf, he actually said

Perhaps he intends to reduce the fares back down to present levels at the end of 2019... ;)

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Just in time for the next mayoral election probably... ;)


So when he said a fares freeze what he really meant not a fares freeze. Easy mistake... it must be confusing for him what with being a bus driver's son... :D


Hmmmm.... not exactly an unbiased source but that doesn't mean it's wrong of course:

http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/how-mayo...es-in-one-day/

Now that didn't take long did it?...

Re: London mayor - pledges? What pledges?
 

perhaps the truth isn't his first language ;)

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It doesn't appear so does it. Maybe he could have lessons and charge them to the taxpayer like so many of his peers did when they were justifying their expenses. After all the accusations of weasel words and duplicity levelled against Boris, it all starts to unravel for the bus driver's son a couple of weeks after the election.

Hey ho eh? Let's just have politicians who can promise what they like before elections knowing full well they can't deliver but by the time that's apparent it's going to be too late for anyone to do anything about it. I don't suppose any of that's going on in the current debate is it...

Re: London mayor - pledges? What pledges?
 

Just another Labour rant ..

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What about the actual point of the OP - he said he would freeze fares for four years, and now they are going to be raised?

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Let's not get distracted from 'just another Labour rant' by just another 'I've got nothing to say about Labour lies and duplicity' post eh?... :D

Honestly you'd think these rose tinted folk would post some threads proving how well their party's performing since Corbyn pledged to do things as differently as Khan is. Odd that... :confused: :rofl:

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I am shocked!

Not really. It was a stupid pledge to make and it would have been obvious to anyone that it would be broken real quickly. If you travel to work and back 5 days a week then it will work out cheaper the only problem is that it makes a monthly ticket even worse value. It's already cheaper to do PAYG if you do 10 trips a week and this will make it more so.

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Still a Labour rant .. just look at the posting history. The aim is to rant about a Labour mayor and not to present an objective, balanced commentary on the new London mayor's policies ..

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How is it a rant when prior to being elected khan said one thing has since got elected and is now going back on it he either knowingly lied during the campaign or he is inept but either way so soon after getting elected he's reneging on one of his pledges. Anyone that accepts this is a bigger problem then the political windbag in my opinion and demonstrates why we manage to get such poor elected representatives in this country of all colours. Too many British people would vote for a turd if it had the right rosette on it, how about we rediscover our own value and then only vote for those who deserve it and if they are rubbish we bin them five years later. For too long the political parties have had no real value of the UK's citizens and we are partly to blame but if we really want better in future and prevent the likes of khan holding an office we need to do better first.

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If it's the truth is it a rant?

I do see lots of posts about the many uhh 'strange' things Labour do, but I'm not seeing many things posting to show them in a better light. We're not in a Conservative only forum, I'm sure there must be some stuff out there to show Labour in a more positive light, but I'm not really seeing that , why is that?

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