In case you missed it – and you probably have – Boris Johnson delivered a wonderful Xmas present to the people of London last week.
Now, hands up if you know what it was. A competent environmental policy? An end to his proposed firebombing of London’s transport budget? The odd straight answer to the cronyism stories flying around city hall? A parade of dancing Panda’s for anyone who can figure out how to make his runway in the sea idea work?
Nope, instead his consultation around London’s budget announced that the number of police officers on London streets is to decrease across the capital by 455 over the next three years. As always, when he was asked about this plan by a member of the London Assembly – recounted on Tory Troll – he went into the bumbling clown mode and acted as if he had never actually seen the proposal before.
Unfortunately this underlines the problem with London Tories as a whole – they shout from the roof tops that they intend to ring fence key services, like money for rape centres for example, but when it comes down to the crunch, these fences appear to be about as secure as William Shatner’s hairpiece.
So as we enter election year it’s important to remember what your local Tories are offering – fewer buses, closures to tube ticket stations, cuts to services for the vulnerable and fewer policemen are your streets.
