Vicious Cycle: Ringing the bell on the Boris Bikes
The most remarkable thing about Boris Johnson’s “cycling revolution” is that there doesn’t appear to have been one. Despite millions of pounds of investment, reams of publicity and a high-profile cycling mayor, the amount of journeys taken by bike is low and is expected to remain so.
Never Mind The Boris: Mayor of London is more of a centrist than he lets on
When Boris Johnson was elected as Mayor of London, the Conservatives saw it as the beginning of a new blue dawn. From the top floor of City Hall, Boris would shine out as a sign of just what the party could do when it gained power.
Yet when dawn broke after the election, the scene was nothing like what he may have expected.
In local authorities across the city Labour had been swept back to power. In Brent, Camden, Ealing, Enfield, Harrow, Hounslow, Islington, Southwark and Waltham Forest Councils, voters turned out to hand control back to the Labour party.
In every borough but one Labour regained seats, reducing Conservative and Lib Dem majorities and pushing councils into no overall control.
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