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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
He lied about not knowing it wouldn't be completed on time and tried to throw tax payer cash at it so he wouldn't get the blame, speaks volumes about his character if nothing else does
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Well ultimately it needed more cash because of the overrun. I don't see how he would have avoided the blame as people would notice it's not opened yet.
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It's all gimmicks and photo opportunities with him, the pr budget has shot up whilst police numbers are slashed, it's okay saying he's not responsible for the cuts but he's responsible for squandering fortunes on crap like the mayor's office for policing and crime and the violence reduction unit
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He didn't create the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime. That was already there. He has done a violence reduction unit based on something that worked in Glasgow to reduce violent crime. That was only a few months ago so it's hard to say if it's worth it or not, but something needs to be done to address the rise in violent crime. It's £7 million compared to the £110 million put into the Met from City Hall just last year. City Hall actually contributes more than it ever has done to the Met as of 2018.
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He promised record investment in public transport as well as fare freezes and look what's happened, cuts to the network, tube upgrades cancelled and that's without mentioning the complete mess he's made of the roads, the maintenance of which iirc is currently suspended presumably due to a lack of cash? But what does that matter as long as he got his attention grabbing headlines about fares being frozen
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I agree the freeze in fares was stupid. Although I think this is all an argument to increase the powers of the Mayor's office/London assembly. The government cut the TFL grant by quite a bit. As with the Met Office if London is to fund it's police and transport networks independently then it needs to be able to keep more of the money it generates to do so.