Friday, April 3, 2009

KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! that Gordon Brown’s Crossrail scam-backing policies are parts of a programme that is based on fakery......

0830 Hrs GMT Lon don  Friday 3 April 2009: KHOODEELAAR!  told you so! That Gordon Brown was indulging in faking it in the main. And this fakery applies most acutely to the claim Brown has made about the robust, solid and good state of the UK economy among the so-called developed economies.  This claim is shown as a fake. In the commentary [we reproduce below] published in the New York Times [= NYT] today. Although the NYT article is headed as a positive one, giving Brown praise for hosting the G20 stunt, the details contained in the piece are cited to support the thesis that even in the USA, Brown is not thought to be the credible leader of the UK that he would prefer the public to think... The NYT cites at least two British ‘academics’. KHOODEELAAR! is not RELYING on any of those. Why? because we have conducted our own original and continuous research and investigation into Brown’s conduct and have exposed his actions to be fakery....on all key economic and economy and economics-related counts... Nowhere more so than on Crossrail..

[to be continued]

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From the New York Times web site


As G-20 Host, Brown Gets ‘Excellent’ Marks
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By JULIA WERDIGIER
Published: April 3, 2009
LONDON — Gordon Brown, Britain’s prime minister, had much at stake at the Group of 20 summit in London on Thursday.

As host of the meeting, he had to ensure that it would be a success — not just in helping revive the economy but also his own popularity ratings at home, which declined this year amid growing anger over bank bailouts and rising unemployment.

At least for now, he appeared to succeed in both. When he presented the measures world leaders agreed on at the meetings on Thursday, his voice sounded determined and statesman-like. “By acting together to fulfill these pledges we will bring the world economy out of recession and prevent a crisis like this from recurring in the future,” he said.

Angela Merkel, the German chancellor whose government disagreed earlier with Britain about how many funds to inject into the economy, called Mr. Brown an “excellent host” and praised the atmosphere in which participants were able to have a “constructive and fruitful debate.”

But it is still unclear whether the principles agreed to constitute a “global pact,” as Mr. Brown described it. He was hoping for a modern-day version of the post-World War II meeting at Bretton Woods that established the International Monetary Fund. It is also unclear whether the G-20 will translate into a boost for his own standing in Britain at a time when the opposition party is drawing more favorable ratings.

For Mr. Brown, a failure to reach an agreement at the summit would have been a major blow, hurting his credibility after he repeatedly said that only a coordinated effort by the world’s largest economies could fix the current crisis.

Heading into the summit some analysts had said that a successful G-20 meeting would be Mr. Brown’s best hope to revive his popularity ahead of a general election, which could be held as early as the middle of next year. Steven Fielding, director for the Center for British politics at Nottingham University said the G-20 was “a godsent” for Mr. Brown. “It’s one of the few opportunities he has to stand next to global leaders and appear statesmanlike.”

Mr. Brown, who succeeded Tony Blair in 2007, in part because of his good record as chancellor of the Exchequer, started off well in dealing with the financial crisis. He won praise for his plan to clean up Britain’s banks last year, a step copied by other nations, but his popularity started to fall when unemployment climbed and large stimulus packages failed to quickly reach consumers.

A failed government bond auction amid concern over rising government debt added to his troubles last month.

Some analysts said Mr. Brown took a gamble by putting so much weight on the G-20 as the key to economic recovery. “The thought of a global bargain was a good one, but the difficulty of getting everyone to agree and therefore the risks for Gordon Brown’s reputation are huge,” said Andrew Gamble, a professor of politics at Oxford University. “It could just be another nail in his coffin.”

Mr. Brown's reputation for skilled steering of the economy took a beating as Britain’s economy emerged as one of the weakest among developed nations, in large part because of its reliance on financial services products for growth. A housing bubble that gave people a false sense of prosperity, prompting many to borrow beyond their means, is now imploding. Housing prices, already down more than 20 percent from a peak in 2007, continue to fall and banks remain reluctant to lend. Economists expect unemployment to rise to 3 million by next year, leaving about one in every 10 citizens of employment age out of work.

But the common message by world leaders on Thursday at least provided him some much needed support and a positive message he can convey to the public. “The G-20 could give him cover for anything he does looking up to the election,” said Tony Dolphin of the Institute for Public Policy research in London. “If it all goes wrong then he can say the best brains of the world came together to reach that conclusion.”

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    KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! that Crassrail-touting Boris Johnson is desperate to justify starving London transport needs only to waste ££ on Crossrail

    KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! that Crassrail-touting Boris Johnson is desperate to justify starving London transport needs only to waste £Billions on Crossrail.. That Boris Johnson's role in peddling Big Business scam Crossrail is irrational, is shown in the latest evidence of his dictatorial conduct in using force on an organization to pay for the cost of Crossrail....CRASS role by Crossrail backer Boris...


    http://www.planningresource.co.uk/news/895467/Mayor-withholds-Victoria-plan-consent-Crossrail-funding


    Mayor withholds Victoria plan consent over Crossrail funding
    Katie Daubney, Planning, 3 April 2009
    London mayor Boris Johnson has refused consent for Land Securities' plans to redevelop the area around Victoria station.
    The decision was announced at a meeting of the Greater London Authority planning committee. However, a spokeswoman from the mayor's office said Johnson is minded to reverse this if the developers can make a contribution to Crossrail.
    The levy would be charged under proposed alterations to the London Plan. Discussions continue with Land Securities, Transport for London and Westminster City Council.
    A Land Securities spokeswoman refused to comment or speculate on the figure that may be demanded as a Crossrail contribution.
    Westminster approved the application after twice rejecting the scheme (Planning, 13 February, p6). Strategic director for the built environment Rosemarie MacQueen said: "The mayor and his advisers are aware of how marginal some projects are in the current climate. Equally, we know that developers recognise the need for Crossrail. We hope that a deal can be agreed voluntarily and we are working to make this happen."






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      KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! that 'transport in London is being messed up by Big Business-Stooged Crossrail peddlers holding positions of power

      0705 Hrs GMT Lon don Friday 3 April 2009:

      KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! that 'transport in London is being messed up by Big Business-Stooged Crossrail peddlers holding positions of power

      KHOODEELAAR! told you so! That the Big Business Crossrail scam was not about addressing the vital transport needs of London. Not of the ordinary people. That no ‘benefit’ as ordinarily understood, would or could accrue to ordinary people from the crassly conceived Big Business Crossrail scam. That any ‘benefit’ that may be available, would be available only incidentally. Peripherally. Not centrally. Not as the intended main purpose of the scam. That ALL the scams like the over-hyped SITING - [note, the siting] of the 2012 HOSTING of the Olympic games in ‘East London’ was NOTHING WHATEVER TO DO WITH benefiting ordinary people..

      The claim that it was to ‘regenerate’ the ‘East End’ [the lying boastful bragging claim made a year ago in April 2008 on the BBC Question Time programme by Ken Livingstone] That the military-style prevention of a small, very loyal and law-abiding crowd of ‘protesters’ from the ‘Excel’ site in ‘East London ‘ [notice those two words, ‘East London’ - which words denote ‘deprivation’ dating back centuries... not one decade.

      Hundreds of years] yesterday Thursday 2 April 2009 from demonstrating within hearing distance of the venue of the formal sitting of the G20 stunt, shows that there is no limit to the brazenness in the lie that they will perpetrate in defiance of any expectation that ordinary people have any right to use the space in any part of the ‘East End of London’ or ‘East London’ to make legitimate ordinary use of it for their own human rights..


      .That ‘East London’ [and the variation ‘East End of London’] has become appropriated [=misappropriated] by the Big Business and their state-sited stooges and touts in the propaganda war which is on now, is being ignored by the professional, authorized and approved politicos of ALL hues in the known spectrum of ‘British’ politics...

      This includes those ‘protesters’ who were eventually visible [note that word ‘eventually’] in ‘East London during Thursday 2 April 2009.. The G20 ‘protesters’ were in the main genuine.. But who led them? Whose agenda were they implementing in their ‘protests’? How similar were those protest-agenda-setters to a significant number of ‘objectors’ [‘who acceped the derogatory designation of ‘petitioners’] against the Crossrail Bill during january 2006 and July 2008?


      [To be continued]


      From the London daily INDEPENDENT web site:

      "Boris accuses MPs of 'talking tripe' over transport nightmare
      'It is not within my competence to stop the biggest downfall of snow we have had over the skies of this city for 20 years'

      By Michael Savage, Political Correspondent
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      London's transport network was severely disrupted by the snow in February

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      Boris Johnson's famously short fuse was on full display yesterday when he berated MPs for "talking tripe" after they criticised his handling of the heavy snowfall that brought chaos to London in February.

      The Mayor, who was being questioned by the Commons Transport Committee about the disruption, accused MPs of "unnecessary political bias" before attempting to walk out of the meeting. He was briefly coaxed back to his seat by the committee's Labour chairman, Louise Ellman, who described his behaviour as "unacceptable". After giving curt answers to two further questions, the Mayor left his seat, only returning to pick up his coat from an official.

      Heated exchanges took place from the very start, when Ms Ellman suggested that Mr Johnson had allowed London's transport network to shut down in a way that did not happen elsewhere. All of London's bus network, parts of the Tube and some local train services were affected by the severe weather. Her comments provoked an angry response from Mr Johnson, who said that "huge effort and huge preparations" had been made to grit roads, but that more snow kept falling. "It is not within my competence to stop the biggest downfall of snow we have had over the skies of this city for 20 years," he said.

      The Mayor's rapidly diminishing patience then gave way altogether when he described David Clelland, Labour MP for Tyne Bridge, as "pathetic" for accusing him of failing in his duties.

      The exchange came after Valerie Shawcross, the Labour chairwoman of the London Assembly's transport committee, had told the MPs that the Mayor had been "entirely out of things" when the effects of the snow were at their worst in the early hours of 2 February.

      Mr Johnson also faced criticism over his expenses yesterday after a City Hall audit revealed he had spent eight times more a day on taxis than his predecessor, Ken Livingstone.

      Taxpayers picked up his cab bill of £1,501 between November and the end of January. Susan Kramer, the Liberal Democrat MP for Richmond Park, criticised the expenses claim. She said: "Any Londoner could have told him that it is often quicker to travel by Tube, like the rest of us."

      A spokeswoman for Mr Johnson said: "The Mayor cycles every day – to and from work and to almost every one of his meetings. Many of those however are in remote parts of outer London – areas which often feel neglected by the previous mayoralty which he is determined to visit on a regular and persistent basis."

      The spokeswoman added: "Though the Mayor invariably uses public transport when he cannot take his bike, there are times – regretfully – when his tight schedule makes it necessary to use a taxi."

      London MPs criticised the Mayor earlier this year after the public picked up a £1,000 transport tab to take him and his team home after a meeting in Hillingdon, west London. A spokesman for the Mayor said that the meeting ran late into the night."








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        KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! LOOK at the crass behavior at the Commons Transport committee sitting! Boris and the Committee BOTH off the rails!

        0545 Hrs GMT
        London Friday 3 April 2009


        KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! LOOK at the crass behavior at the Commons Transport committee sitting!

        Boris Johnson fakes it all the way... from start to finish, he fakes his appearance before the formal Transport Committee!

        He also addresses a number of Committee members who themselves are fakers.

        Especially Peter Soulsby.

        Soulsby is a faker from the stooged Crossrail Bill Select Committee...

        More and very detailed examination of the exchanges between the Committee and Boris Johnson...

        Coming here soon..

        [To be continued]

        Angry Boris Johnson rejects suggestion he failed capital on snow day
        London mayor rebuts claim he did not adequately deal with transport problems caused by February's heavy snowfalls in the capital
        Katherine Baldwin and agencies
        guardian.co.uk, Thursday 2 April 2009 14.30 BST
        Article history

        Heavy snow in central London in February. Photograph: Sarah Lee

        The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today angrily rejected suggestions that he had failed the capital on a day of huge snowfalls in February, accusing MPs of "unnecessary political bias".

        Johnson, testifying before the Commons transport committee on the events of 2 February, accused committee members of "talking tripe" and being "pathetic" after they said he had not carried out his responsibilities as mayor and that London had shut down in a way that did not happen anywhere else in the UK.

        "To say that the situation in London was worse than anywhere else is simply not true," Johnson told the committee. "The people responsible for transport in London, those getting the buses and tubes out, actually did an outstanding job."

        In an increasingly acrimonious meeting, Johnson threatened to walk out of the hearing at one point, only to be told by Louise Ellman, the chair of the committee, that his behaviour was "unacceptable" and that he had agreed to give evidence for 45 minutes.

        Train, tube and bus services in London were severely restricted on 2 February after London received its heaviest snowfall since 1991, plunging the city's transport network into chaos and keeping thousands of commuters at home.

        "Circumstances made it extremely difficult for them to get their buses out of garages and depots and on to the roads of London. It is not within my competence to stop the biggest downfall of snow we have had over the skies of this city for 20 years," Johnson said.

        Ellman, the Labour MP for Liverpool Riverside, told Johnson it had appeared that he "didn't act in accordance with your responsibilities as mayor and as chairman of Transport for London".

        Johnson said she was "quite wrong", adding: "This smacks to me of an unnecessary amount of party political bias."

        Johnson said there had already been 30 road accidents before the decision to halt bus services had been taken at around midnight on 1-2 February.

        "I would ask the committee to consider just how many accidents you would like to have seen?" the mayor asked.

        He said there had been a "huge effort and huge preparations" made to grit roads, but snow had fallen on the grit and the compacted snow had made conditions even more difficult.

        During questioning by David Clelland, the Labour MP for Tyne Bridge, Johnson said: "This is pathetic. You are trying to put the blame on a Tory mayor."

        He said he thought that even if he had convened meetings on the days immediately before 2 February "it would not have made the slightest difference".

        Earlier, Valerie Shawcross, the chair of the London assembly transport committee, told the committee that the mayor had seemed to be "entirely out of things" on the morning of 2 February.

        "You would normally expect a leader in his position to be in amongst it to ensure things were being carried out as they should," Shawcross told MPs.

        Johnson had not been advised of the state of London's transport until 6am, she said.

        "I personally found it quite strange that the mayor had not been proactive. I think the only proactive thing he did was to announce around lunchtime on that Monday that the congestion charge would not be in operation.

        "As people were being advised not to drive into London, this was not a particularly sensible decision," she added.

        Nigel Barrett, the chief executive of East London Bus Group, said his fleet had not been able to run until 11am. His staff had been out as early as 4am examining the condition of routes.

        He told MPs that compacted snow meant some buses could not have gone "more than 100 yards without going sideways".

        Barrett said when his staff asked for approaches to bus stations to be cleared, they were told that trunk roads were the priority.





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