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Originally Posted by MikeUpNorth
Inability to control the words that come out of his mouth, this tends to cause problems for a politician. Big problems given time and a degree of power.
He also engages in tokenistic politics of the worst kind.
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So you know the man, the personality, a few headlines, but not mayor himself year in and year out on a city level.
Not aware of issues such as when he went to war for all intents, with my borough council [who have little enough money somehow] over the sale of an underused recycling centre.
Or his support for planning orders liek these and others like them that would harm the city ::
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/1868426.stm
Overseen improvements to an Underground network that if it was tested in a court, would probably be found to be discriminatory to the disabled.
When was the last time you tried to catch a bus in central London, you walk quicker along the pavement than they move along the road.
Consulted residents over the eexpansion of the congestion charge and then proceeded to completely ignore them. Not to mention the price rises and pledges over crime which leave a lot to be desired.