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It goes to prove my point that most members on here are Tory lovers.

Even The Sun (a Tory paper) is saying that IF Cameron gets a kick in today, then he has only himself to blame.

I think that Boris, and yes l voted for him the last time, as l was interwested in his policies for London, but to me he has not done what he promised.

We still have higher fare increases on the public transport, what else has he done.

He could have scrapped the congestion charge in London, but he hasn't.

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Have you any proof that the majority on here are Tory lovers Arthur.:rolleyes:

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Wrong....it can be done now - and it is done on the DLR and alwas has been.

It has nothing to do with the state of the tunnels - what's that got to do with it?

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Lee, you're making the mistake of assuming there's a logical train of thought behind Arthur's view. Years of posts on this forum proves otherwise. Arthur's for anyone who's not the Tory. That's all there is to it. ;)

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logical train of thought...nice!! :D

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Do you really have to ask? :)

I would have thought the answer would be self evident, in view of and not restricted to, the plethora of incompetence, self servitude and back handedness we are regaled with on an almost daily basis.

Since their is not a hap'oth of difference between any of the major parties just what is the point.

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Has Ken published his tax returns yet?

You know the ones that shows that according to his own whining he shouldn't even be allowed to vote.

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Two points l would like to clear up.

One on the Tory front, Each time members rant on about the Cameron and Co, they are gunned down, with comments of 'what the last government did' since the Tories got in the unemployment has risen, we have companies going bust, we have comments made by Tory ministers that made people panic to the pumps, bringing in millions to the treasury, l would rather have a London Labour Mayor who looks the people. and Boris is not bothered about the people of London.

Two, the DLR is NOT an underground railway's system and is not as big as the Underground system it clearly tells you in the name Dockland's Light Railway.

The Tube is old and needs modernisation, but due to safety reasons, always brought up by the Unions, it cannot be driverless.

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Who cares who gets the London post as most peeps that are posting on this thread do not live in London?

I do not care ?

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The man is an idiot nothing more and if people are stupid enough to grant someone like him power then those people are also idiots, this has nothing to do with him being a tory either.

I live in George Howarths constituency and I also think that he is an idiot and I know that because I have actually spoken to him so I do not vote for him either.

Boris may have a degree but he is not a statesman and the other nations must be laughing their heads off whenever he goes to a foreign country.

The have been rumours of him running for leader of the tory party, that would make Ed Miliband look like the best man for the job so that would be hilarious if he was ever voted into that position as we would be really looked on as the clowns of Europe.

If you choose to defend him as possible future prime minister then the is little hope for the party as being likeable does not make a statesman in the halls of power.

Also the argument of him just putting on act is wearing thin as he proves over and over again what an clown he actually is in real life.

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Funny how the people who will be made obsolete when the tube goes driverless are the ones saying it can't be done.

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DLR is part of the Underground system and serves a fairly wide area last time I looked.

Driverless trains? Well they are testing them now...I was having a chat with an underground staff member just last week on that very subject.


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Can't be done can it Arthur.....ohhh those dammm facts getting in the way again. :)

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Actually, I thought it was more how advanced the signalling system is.

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By that definition, the London Underground is not an Underground system. Over half of it is above ground..

Also, the technology running the DLR is the same as that running several lines on the Paris Metro. An underground system that is considerably busier than the London Underground.

The tube is old, and does need modernisation. Something which it has been receiving. The jubilee line is already using the same tech as the DLR.

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i think Boris is great ,we should have more politicians like him

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Yes they'd prefer to vote for some one who calls a 100k+ a year job chicken feed and whose idea of personality is muttering some obscure Latin phrase, looks like we are going to get the mayor we deserve sadly

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And that's what I find particularly annoying, never liked people acting thicker than they are whether that be Frank Bruno or this Bozo.

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I think it was the jubilee line that was designed to be driverless nearly fifty years ago, the. Went on strike to stop it from happening iirc