Does this look like a Bengali lesbian, Mr. Gilligan?
From the Guardian:
“Inflation-busting rises in bus and tube fares will be announced today by the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, in a move he will blame on the ‘reckless’ spending policies of his predecessor. The cost of travelling on London transport for adults will rise by more than inflation next year as a fares freeze imposed by Ken Livingstone is scrapped.”
Let’s be clear, Boris; this isn’t your predecessor’s fault. You cannot scrap a deal bringing cheap oil for public transport to London organised by that predecessor, and claim you can’t help fare-rises. Stop fighting the previous campaign and accept responsibility for your own mistakes.
And this is a mistake. Public transport exists for the benefit of the entire public; when a section of that public can’t afford to use that transport, it ceases to be public. These fare rises will make it increasingly difficult for the less well-off - those who need public transport most, as they can’t afford private. And this during the approach to a recession, when we’re all finding it hard.
But this is all part of the Gilligan revolution, isn’t it? I wait for the article letting us know we should all stop whining about the destruction of public transport, which is, after all, just a socialist “vanity project“…