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Boris: The Outlay On The Bus Goes Round And Round

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Posted 8 months ago 2 responses

Has the final wheel come off Boris Johnson’s ‘New Routemaster’ policy? The good thing about it was that it came with a promise to restore conductors to the routes currently served by the bendy buses Johnson wants to replace: a bus with a conductor is a friendlier bus, a friendlier bus is a safer bus and so on. Problem is, Johnson has no grip on the economics of the plan, even weeks after he first came unstuck on the subject. Read More

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Jimbob

I don’t think he really has a clue! He was on TV again today coming up with all different figures and promises, hmm!

Posted 8 months ago by Jimbob

BoutrosBoutrosBoutros

But how come we used to be able to afford conductors on buses – you know, when fares were considerably cheaper too?

Posted 8 months ago by BoutrosBoutrosBoutros