Some very quick lines from the TfL fringe meeting before I have to dash off somewhere else:
One: Pete Hendy absolutely unequivocal in his support for the latest cuts announced by Boris. Many in attendance are Tory PPCs and Councillors. They seem to have decided Hendy isn't a Kennite subversive after all.
Two:Kulveer Ranger unequivocal in his insistence that there is no turning back from Crossrail, echoing his boss's words from the main stage this norning.
Three: Justine Greening, shadow minister for Lonodn, quite clear that Tory leadership supports Crossrail but that a review of everything must take place. Party lines all round.
Four: Ranger says that Livingstone lacked a "cohesive" approach to transport in London - good word to encapsulate what Mayor Johnson professes to be doing. Also, he said: "We are completely committed to a modal shift. We don't want to see more cars in London." That's intriguing in view of his comment soon after Boris's election that "modal hierarchies" would be dispensed with. I can see there is a difference betwn those two things but it's maybe not all that big. Hmmm.
Must fly.
