tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2695615322151595164..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: The Two Words Boris Should Say to Peter HendyIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75642353039391594972008-05-04T13:28:00.000+01:002008-05-04T13:28:00.000+01:00Gregg - Oh, does the taxpayer subsidise the Evenin...Gregg - Oh, does the taxpayer subsidise the Evening Standard? I thought it was a private enterprise outfit, out there in the market place and only gets revenue if people pay for it.<BR/><BR/>Could you fill us in on why you think taxpayers who don't vote for the socialists - and even those who do - should be compulsorily financing pro-Livinstone propaganda? <BR/><BR/>Are you on a moron's register somewhere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-45822414900993822952008-05-04T06:56:00.000+01:002008-05-04T06:56:00.000+01:00He should immediately announce the axing of Ken's ...<I>He should immediately announce the axing of Ken's propaganda sheet, The Londoner.</I><BR/><BR/>Yes, god forbid there should be anything to challenge the Evening Sturmer's stranglehold, eh?Gregghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06317276919466733442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-24800708094036181682008-05-03T19:17:00.000+01:002008-05-03T19:17:00.000+01:00David Cameron's Mum - I knew instantly that you ar...David Cameron's Mum - I knew instantly that you are a poseur because David Cameron doesn't have a mum. He has a mater.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-83539395545063183032008-05-03T18:34:00.000+01:002008-05-03T18:34:00.000+01:00The next thing Boris should do, after axing the co...The next thing Boris should do, after axing the communist greasers inhabiting City Hall (or whatever it's called), is cancel the Olympic Games boondoggle.<BR/><BR/>Do Londoners really want their grandchildren 32 years hence to be still paying for the world's biggest steroid-fest? Montreal has only recently finished paying for the games it held in 1976.<BR/><BR/>In addition, all the tiny shavings off records will have been finished off in Beijing. No one will be able to shave one millionth of a second off anything any more.<BR/><BR/>Dump the games and rescind planning permission granted to Ken's terrorist friends for the gigantic mosque that will wreck London's historic skyline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-5332558455430552722008-05-03T18:19:00.000+01:002008-05-03T18:19:00.000+01:00Verity, why don't you stop imagining that you've g...Verity, why don't you stop imagining that you've got the right to pontificate on everything?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-2297094564948316362008-05-03T18:13:00.000+01:002008-05-03T18:13:00.000+01:00Johnny Norfolk said... "I totaly agree with you ia...Johnny Norfolk said... <BR/>"I totaly agree with you iain. He must have a clean sweep. ... He should start with a fresh set of people."<BR/><BR/>Local government doesn't work like that. It is not easy to get rid of staff. 99% of the staff he inherits will have to stay and getting rid of the other 1% would cost a lot in severance packages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16709906916068282042008-05-03T16:17:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:17:00.000+01:00Bojo must realise that Ken Leavingnow has been ha...Bojo must realise that Ken Leavingnow has been handing out jobs to his leftist friends for years now and they will stop at nothing in their efforts to sabotage BoJo at every turn?<BR/>The only chance BoJo has is to root out all those leftist saboteurs and fifth columnists quickly! In fact comrade kens whole political staff have to be shown the door in a night wholesale clearance.<BR/>Of all the London assembly civil service appointed by the ex comrade Leavingnow I wonder how many are non marxists?<BR/>By the time BoJo has cleared out all the spiteful leftists he will be left with about three staff?cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06088596240127998878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62712143173383726722008-05-03T16:03:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:03:00.000+01:00If you want to get rid of a propaganda sheet, get ...If you want to get rid of a propaganda sheet, get rid of the Evening Scum (oh, sorry, "Standard").asquithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14246701347539264295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-60408869926859052612008-05-03T16:00:00.000+01:002008-05-03T16:00:00.000+01:00Rex said... "I wonder why Ken was in his office fo...Rex said... <BR/>"I wonder why Ken was in his office for six hours (as reported on TV) yesterday?"<BR/><BR/>May 03, 2008 12:42 PM<BR/><BR/><BR/>Why not? He was still Mayor then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21123861294119713362008-05-03T15:50:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:50:00.000+01:00Chris Paul, yes you are right, there is no way for...Chris Paul, yes you are right, there is no way for anyone to communicate other than via an expensive newspaper you muppet.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we need some form of free electronic communications like a network or a web thingy that people can look at on their computers. And maybe some sort of voice box that sends sound over the airwaves or maybe some method to get a piece of paper with words on it to our doors when there is something really important to say.Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01526412135242876690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50664353513395064652008-05-03T15:30:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:30:00.000+01:00Do you think the deeply illiterate moron Lee Jaspe...Do you think the deeply illiterate moron Lee Jasper is going to walk into another £117,000 pa job - given that he is not qualified for anything? Will he be keeping his £360 per month council house (which raised his takings from the taxpayers to £121,320 pa)?<BR/><BR/>How is he going to pay to keep his nine children now? And now that he doesn't have it in his power to award "grants" (payola), will women recipients who are applying for funds still enjoy getting his illiterate, drooling emails?<BR/><BR/>Does anyone know what skills he brought to his £120,000 sinecure? <BR/><BR/>Jes' askin' is all ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-31907076795065108092008-05-03T15:10:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:10:00.000+01:00I'm so glad Ken has gone. Perhaps now he can go an...I'm so glad Ken has gone. Perhaps now he can go and live in Qatar with his good friend Yusuf al-Qaradawi.<BR/><BR/>By the way, I think "you're fired" is two words as there is not technically a space in you're.Beamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10516397458228874124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56071894427590506732008-05-03T15:09:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:09:00.000+01:00I don't think it is a good idea to be telling Bori...I don't think it is a good idea to be telling Boris what to do. Media affliction, I guess, but why not wait to see what he does, and then comment? If he's influenced by media vagaries, he's worthless anyway.<BR/><BR/>And he isn't worthless. He ran a great campaign. He had to adopt the "serious" face to satisfy the pc brigade, but I didn't vote for him because he got muzzled, I voted for him because years of following his opinions revealed a huge intellect and a genuine commitment to Conservative principles.<BR/><BR/>It was pure delight to see the humour peeking through at the signing event... he is going to do a great job :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37255036393637283902008-05-03T15:07:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:07:00.000+01:00I totaly agree with you iain. He must have a clean...I totaly agree with you iain. He must have a clean sweep. thats why people voted for him. <BR/><BR/>He should start with a fresh set of people.<BR/><BR/>He should reduce spending in all areas to bring the ammout Londoners have to pay. <BR/><BR/>There is on easy way with the lefties they try and intimidate people with their fear tactics.Johnny Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42798544899473027142008-05-03T14:46:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:46:00.000+01:00Gordon just seen the new Scottish poll figures tha...<A HREF="http://cybernat.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-birthday.html" REL="nofollow">Gordon just seen the new Scottish poll figures</A> that put the SNP at 45%.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85934844310557007572008-05-03T14:22:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:22:00.000+01:00boris is doing a stormer of a speech right now (ne...boris is doing a stormer of a speech right now (news24 and sky)...<BR/><BR/>lots of laughter and mirth. but deadly serious - he's just laid out a Guiliani like "broken windows" policy.<BR/><BR/>he's serious - and i think he's going to kick some butt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-56243374779919828392008-05-03T14:21:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:21:00.000+01:00Hilarious comment about the shredders working over...Hilarious comment about the shredders working overtime. Loving Boris as mayor already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-37054499621456348172008-05-03T14:16:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:16:00.000+01:00Red kens propaganda sheet should go - as well as '...Red kens propaganda sheet should go - as well as 'bendy' Hendy - who is presumably one of the 100 people erning more than £100K at TfL which should be renamed 'Thanks for(the)Loot'.<BR/><BR/>The new Mayor can publicise activities by press release, I am sure the Spectator will oblige.<BR/><BR/>Chris Paul is still presumably shell shocked. He sounds about as sane as the 'wotsername' dopy lefty Iain Dale was reviewing the papers with last night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3289720897682508312008-05-03T14:15:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:15:00.000+01:00Watching the "swearing in". When the Chief Exec of...Watching the "swearing in". When the Chief Exec of the GLA invited the paid service to give Boris a "warm welcome", I noticed that the met Commissioner could only bring himself to clap about 3 times, with a bit of a grimmace. He's obviously really looking forward to working with BoJo! <BR/><BR/>And Boris might have a point about the shredding machines at City Hall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-20256066051720750862008-05-03T14:11:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:11:00.000+01:00bbc news 24 coverage is toe curlingly biased again...bbc news 24 coverage is toe curlingly biased against boris.<BR/><BR/><BR/>shut them down. abolish the license fee!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-66316790234967284402008-05-03T14:05:00.000+01:002008-05-03T14:05:00.000+01:00@ David BoothroydKen communicated directly with Lo...@ David Boothroyd<BR/><BR/>Ken communicated directly with Londoners very effectively and it was through the Londoner. He was regularly on BBC London (both Radio and TV), took part on a phone-in with LBC every month etc. <BR/><BR/>He never needed to Londoner because he was probably the most assessable and communicative political figure in the UK.Mostly Ordinaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940615088493840939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-10772224379690768852008-05-03T13:59:00.000+01:002008-05-03T13:59:00.000+01:00bbc news - boris just got mobbed by the media , an...bbc news - boris just got mobbed by the media , and there are crowds of well wishers applauding him outside city hall!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-8119197222192702602008-05-03T13:55:00.000+01:002008-05-03T13:55:00.000+01:00Hendy is the son of communist and a minor aristo a...Hendy is the son of communist and a minor aristo at that. He also made over £3m selling-off a bus company he and others took over.<BR/><BR/>He also comes in from Bath pretty much everyday first class, and then cabs it to TfL land. He was not always in Ken's pocket, but is pretty hardcore.<BR/><BR/>Lots will come out over the introduction of the c-charge. Chief engineer at the time Derek Turner told Ken he was installing the wrong system, finally backed up by the ES's very-late-in-the-day expose, showing they make about 20p per car, per day (plus fines) due to insane admin costs.<BR/><BR/>A new contract and new tech bought from IBM will allow oyster-card style payments will arrive in November 2009. Boris promised to use the system to make the C-charge variable, depending on the time of day.<BR/><BR/>As for the light timings...it's true. That and the narrowing of lanes and blocking off of junctions is part of what's known as urban safety management, designed to slow the traffic down and actually put people off driving in certain area.<BR/><BR/>Trouble is, it cancelled out the advantages gained by reducing the traffic by the super-inefficient C-Charge.<BR/><BR/>There's huge room for improvement. Imagine a London with free-flowing traffic, c-charge only in the central zone, lower c-charge prices during the day to help shoppers, and a scrapping of street furniture (known as shared space) to give us a much more attractive city.<BR/><BR/> I was the person who commissioned the design for the new Routemaster that was in the press last December. The company that did it was one of the world's leading bus designers<BR/><BR/> It is driven by electricity and has ramp access and it can be done. It will be bespoke design for a unique city and they will cost around £200k each, but will have a 20 year design life.<BR/><BR/>Boris has a great opportunity to transform London's streets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-19529818616717253522008-05-03T13:54:00.000+01:002008-05-03T13:54:00.000+01:00What Boris is doing at 2 PM is signing the statuto...What Boris is doing at 2 PM is signing the statutory declaration of acceptance of office, together with the undertaking to abide by the GLA Code of Conduct. As the declaration of the result was before midnight on Friday (just), he will not formally become Mayor until midnight on Sunday going into Monday.David Boothroydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161970886471901426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-46192475865433934472008-05-03T13:49:00.001+01:002008-05-03T13:49:00.001+01:00I picked up on Paddick's lack of graciousness last...I picked up on Paddick's lack of graciousness last night. I think it bordered on rudeness after Boris's comments - even Ken spoke well. Just goes to show what LibDems are really like when they don't get their own way. And at around 10% of the vote, I hope they deal with their delusions of grandeur in future elections and don't expect equal coverage with Labour and the Tories. <BR/><BR/>You've got me started again now after I'd just calmed down!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com