London Banter - View Single Post - Kahn fares u-turn

tim... · June 14th 16, 06:27 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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(e27002 aurora) wrote:

On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 12:15:42 +0100, Basil Jet
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On 2016\06\13 10:07, solar penguin wrote:
On Monday, 13 June 2016 08:59:16 UTC+1, Recliner wrote:

e27002 wrote:

It was deceptive to say the least. One wonders how long it will
take
Borough of Croydon, and the Royal Borough Kingston-Upon-Thames to
realize that they would be better off as unitary authorities outwith
the GLA monolith.

Yes, I'm sure that losing their Freedom Passes would be really
popular
among the residents of those boroughs! No doubt, higher tram fares
would also raise a cheer. But I wonder why you cite Croydon, which
does have TfL services, rather than Bromley and Bexley, which don't?

Just to be pedantic: Bromley has TfL London Overground services from
3 stations in the borough.

All boroughs have TfL railways to Central London except

* Sutton, which has trams
* Kingston, which has nothing
* Bexley, which is getting Crossrail at Abbey Wood soon

So the Royal Borough benefits very little from the council taxes and
business rates it contributes to the GLA. A bit like the UK in the EU
really. :-)

More Brexit lies I see. The UK benefits about 10 times what it pays in to
the EU.

On the assumption that the "trade" benefits of the EU aren't lost if we
leave - a bloody big assumption (that is almost certainly incorrect)

Or weren't you listening to Radio 4 at noon today?

No

tim