[Tubby Isaacs]

Caught the last 15 minutes of it, and yep, it was another multiple pile-up. She doesn’t know the price of a bus fare in London, what the starting salary of a police constable is, or even who is responsible for Hammersmith bridge. She “liked” a tweet that backed Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and had to have it dragged out of her that she did not in fact agree that it was, said that she had never planned to be in politics at this level, and generally was a complete disaster. Hard to see how any London elector could conceivably vote for this total chump.

To Ferrari’s credit, he cannily asked the questions, though not especially probing or aggressive, that expose Hall’s inadequacies relentlessly.

Quite remarkable.

Thanks for doing this, so we don't have to.

But I did just listen to the Hammersmith Bridge bit. Hopeless. Mayor should get it fixed because he paid £30m to settle a very large industrial dispute. so he must have money in some "reserve pots", which she will look at.

[Tubby Isaacs]

It's a mystery why the Met Police might be doing training like this, isn't it?

It's also a mystery where Susan gets the other £190m from, on this evidence.

[Tubby Isaacs]

That £200m again. And an unfunded tax cut. Doubtless she levelled with the irate people of Bromley on whether their own cars were exempt.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

An ULEZ aside...

We live on a fairly main road (not the South Circular, but busy at rush hours). We have noticed a drastic fall-off in the grit and soot on our inside windowsills, and presumably in our lungs...

So yay to ULEZ at Armsteen Towers.

[satnav]

ULEZ apparently generates around £200m a year. So she is basically saying she is going to wave good bye to £200m in revenue whilst committing to an extra £200m i extra spending. She really isn't very good at Maths and basic economics.

[Tubby Isaacs]

I assume she only means cancelling the last expansion of ULEZ.

[kreuzberger]

"Bromley will turn out for a chimp in a blue rosette."

Looking at all the voters who most definitely are not standing behind her, Susan Hall is rather stretching that contention.

[Youngian]

Susan does come across as a Bromley resident.

[davidjay]

I do wonder whether they nominated her for a bet.

[Tubby Isaacs]

And Susan is doing better than her party in London.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Did Susan actually read the report?

[mattomac]

Apparently she’s only been hanging out in one borough of London.

Labour basically running gotv adverts already which says a lot.

[Youngian]

Apparently she’s only been hanging out in one borough of London.

Bromley or Bexley?

[RedSparrows]

Did Susan actually read the report?

This is the small mentality: nothing subtle is real, cos I don't get it

[mattomac]

Labour already seem in their GOTV mode which pretty much tells you were they are.

I know Stephen Bush was talking up a victory due to “sources”, I actually now have two “sources” and though they say it could be tough it’s suggested more along the lines of the new way it’s voted for and the GOTV thing.

One thing I hadn’t thought about with Shaun Bailey last time out was we were in the Conservative honeymoon period of the Vaccine. We assumed all incumbents would benefit but I’m not sure Khan would like Johnson and Drakeford (who followed up with council elections the following year so maybe that was just Drakeford).

So maybe there was a knock on and made it closer than it should.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Sadiq Khan cut the Freedom Pass because it was a condition of the Covid bailout.

I think it was a good policy to cut anyway. Why are we subsidizing a load of people to travel when capacity is lowest?

[mattomac]

Nice to see they finally have a policy.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Doesn't seem like a winning pitch given that London has the youngest population of any region.

[Youngian]

Free off peak transport for the retired is a good quality of life perk to encourage people to get out and about but subsidising trips for a 9am dentist appointment, why?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Surprised the London policy lasted so long. In Gloucestershire 40 years ago you couldn't use a pensioners' bus pass in the morning peak.