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[email protected] · June 14th 16, 08:44 AM posted to uk.transport.london

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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)

Getting further away from the world's largest single market isn't going to
help trade. It's going to hinder it. Suicidal.

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

No

Available on the Radio 4 web site. Next episode today at noon.

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Colin Rosenstiel