Scrap Crossrail, Boris! That is the refrain being heard. Almost. Across the river Thames. On either bank. Scrap Crossrail remains the call on Boris Johnson or BorisKen as far as the most experienced observers of London can see the problem

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London

Sunday

27 December 2009



Editor © Muhammad Haque



Scrap Crossrail, Boris! That is the refrain being heard. Almost. Across the river Thames. On either bank. Scrap Crossrail remains the call on Bros Johnson or BorisKen as far as the most experienced observers of London can see the problem. Crossrail is a diversion. It is a waste. It is a diversion of resource from the urgent unmet needs for repair, for improvement on the existing London underground and bus networks. One of them of course is Simon Jenkins, who had been the editor of the London Evening Standard. Long after leaving that job he retains a spot as a columnist on the monopoly London 'local evening newspaper’. Jenkins published in the LONDON 'EVENING STANDARD' in April 2009 his most detailed arguments against CrossRail. That title does the cause of ‘journalism’ a disservice by failing to tell the truth. Truth about the real, the current and the central issues about finance. And about the Current demands for CROSSRAIL tax to be scrapped. There are so many quarters calling for the scrapping of the crass tax. On the evidence of the past 2 weeks alone, the demand for scrapping Crossrail tax has been the most consistent one. But the London EVENING STANDARD has not truthfully reflected this. Instead, it has run an itsy bitsy piece about it. What it should have done is to ask Jenkins to do an updater. We shall be updating instead. And here is a starter for now. Sunday 27 December 2009. The evidence has been gathered independently.







As found on a search of the internet through the GOOGLE search engine at 1336 GMT London Sunday 27 December 2009:

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guardian.co.uk (blog)North-south revolt over Crossrail levy

This is London - Nicholas Cecil Benedict Moore-Bridger - ‎Dec 10, 2009‎

Boris Johnson was today urged to tear up his planned Crossrail levy so firms in north and south London pay less. The Mayor wants to raise £3.5billion for ...

Firms outside London must help pay for Crossrail, Boris is told East London Advertiser

all 25 news articles »Email this storyLondon SE1Crossrail charge could make Waterloo and Elephant regeneration "unviable"

London SE1 - ‎Dec 16, 2009‎

An official hearing into proposals by the Mayor of London to charge a levy on large office developments in central London to fund Crossrail has heard ...

Elephant & Castle southern roundabout and subways to go by March 2011 London SE1

Government minister visits Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre London SE1

all 3 news articles »Email this storyMayorWatchCrossrail construction brings major disruption to Oxford Street buses and traffic

MayorWatch - ‎Dec 23, 2009‎

... servicing the eastern end of Oxford Street face “long term” diversions to allow construction of the new Crossrail station at Tottenham Court Road. ... Boroughs seek regeneration exemption from Crossrail levy

Regen.net - Mark Smulian - ‎Dec 18, 2009‎

London boroughs have claimed that regeneration areas should be exempted from the levy that will fund the Crossrail project because the extra cost would make ...

Wider Crossrail tax contribution urged PlanningResource (subscription)

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