Comments that won’t make it onto the Daily Mail’s web site (a series)

After taking offence at this statement in this article on the Daily Mail’s website:

Boris Johnson is well-known for championing green issues and the virtues of public transport.

I submitted this comment:

He champions green issues and public transport?

He wants to scrap the western extension congestion charge zone; he’s canned the next phase of the low emmission zone; allowed Thames Water to go ahead with its energy guzzling desalination plant; signed off a massive expansion of flights at London City airport; wants to build a four runway airport in one of the most environmentally sensitive areas of the UK (and keep Heathrow going); is encouraging motorcycling in deference to cycling by allowing motorcyclists in bus lanes; scrapped the planned £25 congestion charge; scrapped trams and dockland’s light railway extensions.

And the Daily Mail describes as a green mayor?!

Chance of appearing? 1%?

Has the Evening Standard chosen its runner for 2012?

He’s not even a candidate (yet), and already the Evening Standard has him as the mayor in 2012; I’ve observed the Evening Standard using the quotes of other people to push its editorial line before.

Is it going to push a potential Sugar mandate with the vigor it pushed the Boris one?

*UPDATE* It certainly seems so. Now what are the motivations there?

They lit up the National Gallery tonight

Come on, us cyclists aren’t that bad, are we?

Taken Tue 24 Feb on Lower Thames Street heading west.

The very spooky Royal Courts of Justice