Eh?

Dr Hugh Williams

See this critique of another bonkers Ken policy: ‘Sustainable’ power to the people? ‘Citizen’ Ken Livingstone’s London energy plan might sounds ambitious, but it simply repeats many of the fairytales about green energy. Every London neighbourhood will have a municipal waste incinerator, a couple of sawdust-burning furnaces or a gigantic sewage reservoir bubbling methane and other flammable gases. Roads and parks will be dug up to lay an entirely new system of hot water distribution to homes and offices that, in turn, will be re-plumbed. Thousands of combined heat and power plants – each the size of a small block of flats – will take over from central gas and electricity as the main suppliers of energy to the city. .....cont http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/4498/

Lee Jakeman

Elementary, dear Pollard. In Ken's world, 4x4 drivers are all rich, fat, middle-aged conservatives who tend to collapse on pavements from heart failure when they get out of their 4x4's and start walking. So the funding is for the extra ambulances and cardiac wards.

THX1138

Hopefully removing those ridiculous 4X4 urban assault vehicles from the streets of London will encourage more people to walk & cycle. I'm no fan of Ken but I think he's right on this one.

J

I imagine Ken will need a team of walking advisers. Jobs for the boys or girls.

EyeSee

Ken has an empire to run; it don't come cheap. If we get rid of personal transport such as those big 4x4's that people hate, for political reasons, we can have plenty of even bigger buses. Ken's bendy ones are particularly good at mounting pavements too. And catching fire more often than the proper bus did.

David Macgregor

er, pavements, pedestrian crossings, subways, those handy signposts for pedestrians, medical facilities for injuries caused by sociopaths driving 4WDs (i.e. anyone driving one)...

David Macgregor

er, pavements, pedestrian crossings, subways, protection from homicidal cyclists...