I'm not sure Ken even believes his own lies. In order to cut fares to win votes, he intends to plunder TfL's investment budget.
Yes, but from the horses mouth, a TfL finance manager (ex) wrote in with his tupenny. I feel it is quite revealing:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/01/ken-livingstone-figures-add-up?INTCMP=SRCH
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If (on a Transport related note), Ken does somehow manage to scrape in, does anyone think that he would scrap the New
Bus for London? Or, so much having been invested in it now (not least by Wrights), would it be too much of a waste even for Ken to contemplate, loathe Boris viscerally as he does? And what would Ken replace the Nf
BL with? Buses that Bend?
No - he's said he will keep them but design custom adverts for them, letting Londoners know exactly how much it cost them.
Voted for Boris. I just cant believe anything Ken has to say anymore. There has been a lot of talk about how Ken achieved more in his time in power but thats because he had 8 years to see his plans come to fruition so to give Boris the same to see what comes good would be only right.
He did, and what Boris has unveiled in his 4 year tenure has been mostly as a a result of Ken's earlier initiative. Cable Car and NBFL are the only 2 sole-Boris advents that London has seen as far as I can recall.
Other than scrapping WEZ, refusing to debate cycle safety, downgrading the super cycle highway scheme, not allowing access to funds to redesign key cycle interchanges where many have died, and let air pollution worsen dramatically while refusing to do anything about it. He refuses to do 'proper' media interviews, ie Sunday Politics, the nearest he gets is Vanessa Feltz because he knows she won't give him a hard time. He cancelled the weekly meetings with media, squirms at the slightest sign of trouble and increasingly puts others up for him, ie Kit Malthouse last Sunday.
The NI phone-hacking - that was all 'Labour spun codswallop' apparently
Ken on the other hand, I appreciate is a smarmy git, but lives and breathes London. I personally feel he did far more London in Boris' 4 year term than Boris did, and Boris could remain for a further 8 years and I still don't believe he'd have done as much for London.