Boris does indeed seem to be keeping to his election night promise to run London as ‘new Boris’, because he yesterday announced the laudable but disappointingly sensible policy of abolishing City Hall’s freesheet, the Londoner. What’s more, some of the £2.9m (according to the Mayor’s team) that used to go into producing the capital’s own version of Pravda will be directed into a new tree-planting programme.
Ten thousand trees, perhaps a drop in London’s ocean of six million but a welcome drop, will be interred in areas which can benefit from them most. So get ready to see more of our lovely, hardy old London Plane near you.
Strangely The Londoner, whose byline is ‘News from the Mayor of London’ hasn’t yet reported the new policy. In fact there has been no Mayor’s Message for a few months now, a development that looks certain to continue.
