When we elect a Mayor to our local Councils, his job is to be an impartial ambassador for the Borough you live in. When you elect someone to Mayor of London, their job is a bit more involved.
Bikers have been protesting in Westminster to say no to the motorbike parking charges. The latest, in Trafalgar Square, brought Boris into the fight between the Bikers and Westminster City Council.
“Do you want to stay in the bus lanes or what? Then stop this protest.”
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Even better – as below, he’s on YouTube doing it too! What a buffoon. The bus lane thing is another story completely. Boris won the support of many London motorbike users by promising to abolish the bendy bus when he came into power. He’s currently getting on with that – wasting millions of our money replacing the rather new bendy bus fleet.
Then Boris started a trial where motorbike users could use bus lanes in certain locations. That 18 month trial comes to an end within a few weeks, and there has been no decision on whether motorbikes will be permanently allowed into bus lanes.
City Hall had to clarify what Boris meant by his short rant.
“He realises their desire to protest about parking charges in Westminster but was making the point that inconveniencing thousands of Londoners by jamming up a large part of central London only damages the respect that they need for the bus lanes trial to be successful.”
City Hall Spokesperson
So yes, he meant what he said. If the protests continue, he’ll punish them by revoking their right to use the bus lanes. Why else would Boris and his staff want to muddy the two issues together?
Don’t look at me. I didn’t vote for him!
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