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Boris Johnson chooses a good day to bury bad news

November 7, 2012 12:40 pm

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Whilst the whole world is watching the aftermath of the US elections, Boris Johnson is burying bad news about rising transport costs. The Evening Standard reports:

“The Mayor today revealed that the charge to hire a Boris Bike will double as he announced fare rises across the transport network. Boris Johnson outlined above inflation increases averaging 4.2 per cent for the Tube, buses, DLR and overland rail from January.”

Johnson’s team denied that this was a deliberate attempt to bury bad news, saying that the announcement had been in the diary for months, an that this was a “genuine coincidence”.

The US Presidential election date has been known for decades…

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More broken promises from BJ. Stuff you Boris bikes where the sun doesn’t shine.

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