KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! Crossrail scam peddling Boris Johnson gets in another tangle during his latest show off stunt for the benefit of another Big Biz tout, NY mayor Michael Bloomberg! Scrap the two of them, as far as their touting roles and 'remits' go! Scrap CrossRail

From the PRESS ASSOCIATION London
Chaos as Johnson shows CCTV to New York Mayor

(UKPA) – 13 hours ago

Boris Johnson showed New York's Mayor how he keeps London's streets safe but found himself caught up in a security tangle.

One security guard was bundled off his feet as officers grappled with photographers and cameramen as they filmed Mr Johnson giving Michael Bloomberg a tour of the CCTV network at Westminster Tube.

Mr Bloomberg praised London's record in "standing up to terrorism" during the visit in the wake of the failed Times Square bomb plot in the US city, but witnesses told how a row erupted with security officers and members of the media as the two mayors were ushered into a small room.

The onlooker, who did not want to be named, said: "There were extra security officers for Mr Bloomberg and there was also more media than had been expected. As a result there was a lot of pushing and shoving. It was chaotic."

A spokeswoman for Mr Johnson played down the incident and said: "I think it was all contained. It was just a bit of a media scrum."

No arrests were made. During the visit, Mr Johnson explained to Mr Bloomberg how the capital uses CCTV to fight terror.

London has 12,000 cameras on the Tube network, which will rise to more than 14,000 over the next few years, a spokeswoman said.

Mr Johnson said: "We are never complacent, and there always painful reminders that we must never let down our guard, but it is clear that the approach we are taking - with sustained investment in policing and CCTV - is helping us make significant strides along the road of tackling crime in our city."

Mr Bloomberg said: "London has a history of standing up to terrorism - and I am here to learn from others, see what works best, and try to fix things before they become a problem.

"We will continue to work closely with London to do whatever we can to keep our cities safe."

Khoodeelaar! Told you so! You could not trust Boris Johnson to know the basic facts. And as this BBC clip [again] shows, Boris Johnson must be held to account on the references, assertions he makes on supposed factual issues. Like the latest round of his 'pleas' for Crossrail funding as addressed to David Cameron in the past week. If Boris Johnson doesn’t know – or even understand- what actually was going on between the “Cameron team” and the nick clegg team, how on earth could he know what actually is going on in the UK economy? Merely saying 'recession' is not enough. He has to show that he knows what activities constitute recession. What constitute deficit.

0250 Hrs GMT

London

Wednesday

12 May 2010

Editor © Muhammad Haque

Khoodeelaar! Told you so! You could not trust Boris Johnson to know the basic facts. And as this BBC clip [again] shows, Boris Johnson must be held to account on the references, assertions he makes on supposed factual issues. Like the latest round of his 'pleas' for Crossrail funding as addressed to David Cameron in the past week. If Boris Johnson doesn’t know – or even understand-  what actually was going on between the “Cameron team” and the nick clegg team, how on earth could he know what actually is going on in the UK economy? Merely saying 'recession' is not enough. He has to show that he knows what activities constitute recession. What constitute deficit. 

As Crossrail is a demonstrably wasteful, deficit-increasing adventure, Boris Johnson, logically would be expected to oppose it. 

So why is he not being held to account by the BBC on his latest touting for Crossrail? 

[To be continued]