05-05-2024, 04:45 PM in response to #44713
Barnet Ben Wrote: In what way would you say it seems broken? The general feeling I see amongst Londoners is that things are generally ok and have been improving regarding the things the mayor has control of. He has been delivering positive changes that improve day to day life and seems to have a decent plan for his next term. He managed to win me back after not voting for him last time which is saying something considering my current opinion of the Labour party.
The tube is an obvious example. When travelling from King's Cross or another London station on an away day, we'll now have to consider getting an earlier train from Maidenhead than the one suggested by Trainline or whatever as the Elizabeth Line and/ or one of the other lines will invariably be affected by delays. That rarely - if ever - used to be the case.
On one of last season's trips, possibly Altrincham away, there were a load of protestors (all white folk, for the record), seemingly en route to a march, singing slogans like "From the river to the sea" on the tube, which made for an uneasy atmosphere. Plus, the streets around Euston were filthier than usual, with rubbish piling up.
I'm sure Khan will point fingers at the Tories/ Brexit/ pandemic/ Israel, etc., but, as mentioned, this'll be his third term. I'd like to think that he'll need to stop blaming others at some point, especially as a Labour government will face the same financial problems as the current administration and so unlikely to be a silver bullet for him.