Recent Posts Tagged With 'bendy jihad'

• Boris Johnson continues his bendy bus vendetta

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 04:47 in transport, buses, boris johnson, bendy jihad

  Boris Johnson will continue his flaghip vendetta against bendy buses today as the 521 route is converted to standard single deckers.Converting this route will add an additional 12% tendering cost and will deprive passengers of 231 seats an hour.So th...

• Passengers call for Boris to bring back bendy buses

  Posted on Friday July 31st, 2009 at 12:20 in transport, buses, bendy jihad

  Passengers have demanded the return of the bendy bus just one week after Boris Johnson took them away.According to the London Paper:"COMMUTERS on the first route to get rid of the controversial bendy buses today declared: "Bring them back."Passengers...

• Boris's new Routemasters will not have conductors

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 14:37 in transport, buses, boris johnson, bendy jihad

  Passengers on Boris's next generation Routemasters will not be able to buy tickets from "traditional conductors" the Mayor admitted today.A spokesperson said this evening:"Plans for the new bus still involve an additional crew member."But:"The role w...

• Who's this on the side of our 'hated' bendy buses?

  Posted on Monday June 29th, 2009 at 13:18 in buses, andrew gilligan, bendy jihad

  It couldn't be could it?Gilligan, a bendy bus and Press TV. "24/7 News Truth"Subscribe in a reader ...

• Boris Johnson's Bendy Jihad: boondoggle edition

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 05:05 in transport, buses, boris johnson, kulveer ranger, bendy jihad

  Tom from Boris Watch and Andrew Bowden have both been studying TfL's bendy bus consultation. The results?Bendy bus routes are significantly less expensive to operate than the new ones (by about £20 million)The new buses are likely to be only margina...

• Boris Johnson gets his Christmas presents early

  Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 07:15 in transport, buses, boris johnson, bendy jihad

  In a victory for good old British uncommon sense and no-nonsense political incorrectness, Boris Johnson has fulfilled his promise to bring back the Routemaster. *Sort of.**Once somebody redesigns one**And builds it**At some point in the future*The w...