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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Dave Hill

A south-east Londoner speaks out

He writes:

I have given our new Mayor Boris Johnson a fair crack of the whip. I have no political allegiance in any shape or form, but when the area I live in is being victimized by the mayor and his legion of political appointees from Westminster and Outer London Boroughs, I feel compelled to speak out. When he was elected in May, the people of the Inner London boroughs did not vote for him, and now it's pay back time. He is going to block the Cross River Tram (CRT) which is vital to South Londoners and now has called into question some of the funding for the Elephant and Castle regeneration which is vital to Southwark and which will now delay it even further.

Moreover...

He has failed to make an appearance at the premier disability yearly event which he sponsors and which Ken Livingstone did every year since its conception. If he continues like this he will be a one term Mayor but he in the meantime he will have done irreparable damage to Southwark.

More from wheelchair-user Patrick Horan here.

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