People ‘taking food back to foodbanks’ because they can’t afford gas to heat it
Every so often in politics you hear a quote or a statistic that seems to suck all the air out of your lungs.
Boris Johnson
Britain already has the most draconian strike laws in Europe
Calls are once again being made to tighten Britain’s strike laws. However Britain already has some of the most draconian industrial relations laws in Europe.
Boris breaks (another) election promise as 3,000 police officers are lost
The Met has lost over 3,000 police officers since May 2010, despite a promise by Boris Johnson to maintain police numbers “at or around 32,000”.
3 *actual* reasons people go on strike (as opposed to those invented by the press)
If you can’t get to work today, you could do worse than head down to a picket line and offer your support, or at least ask a trade unionist why they have decided to strike.
Under Boris’s proposed strike rule change, he would be banned from office
Under Johnson’s proposed rule change strikes with a turnout of less than 50 per cent would be banned; but were that rule change applied across the board Boris himself would be banned from office.
Boris, not Bob Crow, is the one behaving outrageously
When Boris ran for office in 2008, he opposed the closure of 40 ticket offices by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.
Passengers face massive disruption if Boris’s cuts to ticket offices happen
Boris Johnson entered office in 2008 with a firm pledge to keep ticket offices open.
The erosion of local policing in London must be stopped
There are now 2,900 fewer police officers compared to 2010.
Boris should lobby for London, not the City
In 2010 and 2011, just 2,500 top bankers earned enough in bonuses to bring all 750,000 Londoners currently on poverty wages up to a living wage.
Boris’s £150m cycling underspend
The Mayor of London Boris Johnson underspent on last year’s cycling budget by a massive £38m, according to new figures.