It seems to me that Gerard Batten is running for the Mayor of London just to undo what Ken Livingstone had done. In his campaign website, all his policies where written like Ken-did-this-but-I-will-not-do-it-the-same-way or Ken-didn’t-do-as-promised-so-now-I’ll-deliver-it.
Reading through, I noticed one area that I believe would be good for London:
TRANSPORT — Timed tickets on single journeys, which means that if you are visiting London and you buy a single ticket, you won’t have to pay for another single ticket if you transfer from tube to bus within the hour. I’ve seen this scheme in other cities and towns in Europe and for a tourist, I believe it works out quite well.
As for the rest of his policies, it did put me off with the style that it was written and presented. There are some that I doubt would work or are just plain spite out of the current government:
- “I believe that the Metropolitan Police Commissioner should be elected by Londoners. We currently have a politicised Commissioner who toadied to politicians to secure a knighthood: I say let’s have a Commissioner who is selected by the people.” — Waste money towards campaign for each candidate? Where would they get the money from?
- On the London 2012 Olympics, “What I’d really like to do is surcharge Livingstone, Jowell, Coe, Tony Blair and the rest of the crew responsible for this fiasco but as I can’t do that, I shall insist that the bill is spread over all UK taxpayers, not just Londoners.” — Now, now… would you really expect someone from Manchester paying towards the cost of the London Olympics when they would gain nothing out of it?
(Note: Quotes taken verbatim from the Gerard Batten for London Mayor website)
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