Comments on: Oh Dear, I Liked Ken… http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:56:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Carol&co http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117189 Carol&co Tue, 06 May 2008 13:54:01 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117189 I am truly disappointed that Ken did not have the chance to see through the Olympics project which he admitted and did not have to admit that he fought to bring it to London to redevelop the East London and to use the housing budget wisely. He has done a lot for London and we will miss his input. I hope that putting Boris in charge will not backfire on all of us who live and work and support London. I wait impatiently to see what he does. I am truly disappointed that Ken did not have the chance to see through the Olympics project which he admitted and did not have to admit that he fought to bring it to London to redevelop the East London and to use the housing budget wisely. He has done a lot for London and we will miss his input. I hope that putting Boris in charge will not backfire on all of us who live and work and support London. I wait impatiently to see what he does.

]]> By: IrrationalPoint http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117164 IrrationalPoint Mon, 05 May 2008 22:05:03 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117164 I like the congestion charge too. I'm no fan of Labour (and even less a fan now that they have screwed poor people over even more by scrapping the 10p tax band), but I'm even less happy about the big Tory gains in the election. --IP I like the congestion charge too. I’m no fan of Labour (and even less a fan now that they have screwed poor people over even more by scrapping the 10p tax band), but I’m even less happy about the big Tory gains in the election.

–IP

]]> By: Eleanor http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117105 Eleanor Sun, 04 May 2008 19:03:08 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117105 Well, I didn't much like Ken, but he has been a net good for the city, and I would have preferred to keep him than get Boris J. The latter just wasn't very convincing on transport, I thought, what with all that stuff about "his beloved Routemasters". I don't care whether he loves them or not, would it be money well spent? I don't think so. Oh, and Durham had the first congestion charge in the country - were you responsible for that one? Well, I didn’t much like Ken, but he has been a net good for the city, and I would have preferred to keep him than get Boris J. The latter just wasn’t very convincing on transport, I thought, what with all that stuff about “his beloved Routemasters”. I don’t care whether he loves them or not, would it be money well spent? I don’t think so. Oh, and Durham had the first congestion charge in the country - were you responsible for that one?

]]> By: Boris http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117062 Boris Sat, 03 May 2008 22:33:08 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117062 That anti-semitism charge doesn't stick. Ken, along with many other people, is no fan of Israeli policy and the frequency with which that position is purposely conflated with anti-semitism is quite troubling. That anti-semitism charge doesn’t stick.
Ken, along with many other people, is no fan of Israeli policy and the frequency with which that position is purposely conflated with anti-semitism is quite troubling.

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117055 Clifford Sat, 03 May 2008 21:36:44 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117055 :-) -cvj :-)
-cvj

]]> By: Mary Cole http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117046 Mary Cole Sat, 03 May 2008 20:44:27 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117046 There is an interesting proposal for introducing a congestion zone in Cambridge. It has the Park & Rides inside the congestion zone. D'oh! There is an interesting proposal for introducing a congestion zone in Cambridge. It has the Park & Rides inside the congestion zone. D’oh!

]]> By: Clifford http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117040 Clifford Sat, 03 May 2008 18:11:23 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117040 bluechip said: <blockquote> "Nice to know that having buses run on time is more important than stamping out racism" </blockquote> Sure, you feel strongly (and maybe rightly so) about some aspect of him that I know nothing about, but can you <em>really</em> conclude what you did from what I wrote? Come on. I was just talking about the aspects of him I know about - his actions and results on transport in London. Sorry to hear that he had objectionable views on other things. The fact remains that he did some good things for London. That's all I was talking about. Nowhere did I say that there were things he did or said that were not incorrect. Ok? Cheers, -cvj bluechip said:

“Nice to know that having buses run on time is more important than stamping out racism”

Sure, you feel strongly (and maybe rightly so) about some aspect of him that I know nothing about, but can you really conclude what you did from what I wrote? Come on.

I was just talking about the aspects of him I know about - his actions and results on transport in London. Sorry to hear that he had objectionable views on other things. The fact remains that he did some good things for London. That’s all I was talking about. Nowhere did I say that there were things he did or said that were not incorrect. Ok?

Cheers,

-cvj

]]> By: pedant http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117033 pedant Sat, 03 May 2008 15:29:33 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117033 As Neil Kinnock said - everybody likes Ken, except those that know him. Boris, however, is a gentleman, a scholar and an acrobat. Cripes, are we in for some larks!! As Neil Kinnock said - everybody likes Ken, except those that know him. Boris, however, is a gentleman, a scholar and an acrobat. Cripes, are we in for some larks!!

]]> By: Bluechip http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117029 Bluechip Sat, 03 May 2008 14:44:14 +0000 http://asymptotia.com/2008/05/03/oh-dear-i-liked-ken/#comment-117029 I take it that his anti-Semitism wasn't really an issue for you then? Hmm. Nice to know that having buses run on time is more important than stamping out racism... I take it that his anti-Semitism wasn’t really an issue for you then?

Hmm. Nice to know that having buses run on time is more important than stamping out racism…

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