Yesterday’s utterly bizarre comments from Sadiq Khan’s TfL Commissioner, Andy Lord, have caused incredulity among Londoners. Lord claimed that good citizen movements like Looking For Growth are actively spraying on graffiti only to clean it up…
Lords said: “Firstly, I would ask anybody not to take this matter into their own hands. We also have evidence of people creating graffiti and then removing it, so that is being investigated by the relevant authorities.” Where is that evidence?
None of it emerged yesterday. Khan also took a swipe at the group, suggesting that wiping up graffiti somehow lowers prosecution rates. Total contempt for the travelling public…
Last night TfL doubled down on the position, issuing a crazed media comment boasting: “we are extremely experienced in dealing with it and understand which processes and equipment are needed to effectively remove it.“ What, soap and water?
This one isn’t going away. Investigation protocol activated…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”